dbg macro: Discuss use in tests, and slightly clarify

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/library/std/src/macros.rs b/library/std/src/macros.rs
index b729349cf53..9b0a3e74b46 100644
--- a/library/std/src/macros.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/macros.rs
@@ -185,9 +185,10 @@ macro_rules! eprintln {
 /// builds or when debugging in release mode is significantly faster.
 ///
 /// Note that the macro is intended as a debugging tool and therefore you
-/// should avoid having uses of it in version control for long periods.
-/// Use cases involving debug output that should be added to version control
-/// are better served by macros such as [`debug!`] from the [`log`] crate.
+/// should avoid having uses of it in version control for long periods
+/// (other than in tests etc.)
+/// Debug output from production code is better done with other facilities
+/// such as the [`debug!`] macro from the [`log`] crate.
 ///
 /// # Stability
 ///