important note about pagestate persistence

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / plugins / write.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
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--- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
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@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ used.
 
 When pages are deleted, ikiwiki automatically deletes their pagestate too.
 
+Note that page state does not persist across wiki rebuilds, only across
+wiki updates.
+
 ### Other variables
 
 If your plugin needs to access data about other pages in the wiki. It can