diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2ce085b4..d9e9112b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2010-08-19  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+	Fix autoreconf docs w.r.t. AUTOM4TE environment variable.
+	* doc/autoconf.texi (Using autoreconf to Update configure
+	Scripts): List `AUTOM4TE' among the environment variables
+	honored by autoreconf.
+	* bin/autoreconf.in ($help): Likewise.
+
 2010-08-17  Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
 
 	doc: improve AS_VAR_IF details
diff --git a/bin/autoreconf.in b/bin/autoreconf.in
index e22f7b63..192c8fad 100644
--- a/bin/autoreconf.in
+++ b/bin/autoreconf.in
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ Library directories:
   -B, --prepend-include=DIR  prepend directory DIR to search path
   -I, --include=DIR          append directory DIR to search path
 
-The environment variables AUTOCONF, AUTOHEADER, AUTOMAKE, ACLOCAL,
-AUTOPOINT, LIBTOOLIZE, M4, and MAKE are honored.
+The environment variables AUTOM4TE, AUTOCONF, AUTOHEADER, AUTOMAKE,
+ACLOCAL, AUTOPOINT, LIBTOOLIZE, M4, and MAKE are honored.
 
 Report bugs to <bug-autoconf\@gnu.org>.
 GNU Autoconf home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>.
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 9d29b9c5..cadc7270 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -1657,9 +1657,9 @@ System in a fresh tree.
 GNU Build System in the specified directories and their
 subdirectories (@pxref{Subdirectories}).  By default, it only remakes
 those files that are older than their sources.  The environment variables
-@env{AUTOCONF}, @env{AUTOHEADER}, @env{AUTOMAKE}, @env{ACLOCAL},
-@env{AUTOPOINT}, @env{LIBTOOLIZE}, @env{M4}, and @env{MAKE} may be used
-to override the invocation of the respective tools.
+@env{AUTOM4TE}, @env{AUTOCONF}, @env{AUTOHEADER}, @env{AUTOMAKE},
+@env{ACLOCAL}, @env{AUTOPOINT}, @env{LIBTOOLIZE}, @env{M4}, and @env{MAKE}
+may be used to override the invocation of the respective tools.
 
 If you install a new version of some tool, you can make
 @command{autoreconf} remake @emph{all} of the files by giving it the