diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c71fa37c..fd84239c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-11-19  Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+	* doc/libtool.texi (Libltdl interface): Document public macros
+	LT_PATHSEP_CHAR, LT_DIRSEP_CHAR, use in path descriptions.
+
 2004-11-18  Daniel Reed <djr@redhat.com>
 
 	* m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_SYS_DYNAMIC_LINKER) [linux]: Interpret
diff --git a/doc/libtool.texi b/doc/libtool.texi
index 4d0aa6a1..a7a8f594 100644
--- a/doc/libtool.texi
+++ b/doc/libtool.texi
@@ -3353,6 +3353,21 @@ multi-threaded applications on FreeBSD.  Working around these problems
 is left as an exercise for the reader; contributions are certainly
 welcome.
 
+@noindent
+The following macros are defined by including @file{ltdl.h}:
+
+@defmac {Macro} LT_PATHSEP_CHAR
+@code{LT_PATHSEP_CHAR} is the system-dependent path separator,
+that is, @code{;} on Windows and @code{:} everywhere else.
+@end defmac
+
+@defmac {Macro} LT_DIRSEP_CHAR
+If @code{LT_DIRSEP_CHAR} is defined, it can be used as directory
+separator in addition to @code{/}.  On Windows, this contains
+@code{\}.
+@end defmac
+
+
 @noindent
 The following types are defined in @file{ltdl.h}:
 
@@ -3429,10 +3444,9 @@ The system dependent library search path
 (e.g. on Linux it is @var{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}).
 @end enumerate
 
-Each search path must be a colon-separated list of absolute directories,
-for example, @code{"/usr/lib/mypkg:/lib/foo"}.  On Windows, the path
-separator is a semi-colon.  The directory names may not contain the
-path separator.
+Each search path must be a list of absolute directories separated by
+@code{LT_PATHSEP_CHAR}, for example, @code{"/usr/lib/mypkg:/lib/foo"}.
+The directory names may not contain the path separator.
 
 If the same module is loaded several times, the same handle is returned.
 If @code{lt_dlopen} fails for any reason, it returns @code{NULL}.
@@ -3489,8 +3503,8 @@ appending as if @code{lt_dladdsearchdir} had been called.  Return 0 on success.
 
 @deftypefun int lt_dlsetsearchpath (const char *@var{search_path})
 Replace the current user-defined library search path with
-@var{search_path}, which must be a colon-separated (semi-colon on Windows) list
-of absolute directories.  Return 0 on success.
+@var{search_path}, which must be a list of absolute directories separated
+by @code{LT_PATHSEP_CHAR}.  Return 0 on success.
 @end deftypefun
 
 @deftypefun {const char *}lt_dlgetsearchpath (void)
@@ -3501,8 +3515,8 @@ Return the current user-defined library search path.
 In some applications you may not want to load individual modules with
 known names, but rather find all of the modules in a set of
 directories and load them all during initialisation.  With this function
-you can have libltdl scan the colon delimited directory list (semi-colon on
-Windows) in @var{search_path} for candidates, and pass them, along with
+you can have libltdl scan the @code{LT_PATHSEP_CHAR}-delimited directory list
+in @var{search_path} for candidates, and pass them, along with
 @var{data} to your own callback function, @var{func}.  If @var{seach_path} is
 @samp{NULL}, then search all of the standard locations that
 @code{lt_dlopen} would examine.  This function will continue to make