@}
@end example
-@item [ @var{section} ]
-@itemx [ @var{section}, @var{section}, @dots{} ]
-@itemx [ @var{section} @var{section} @dots{} ]
-@kindex [ @var{sections} ]
-This is an alternate notation to specify named sections from all
-unallocated input files; its effect is exactly the same as that of
-@samp{* (@var{section}@dots{})}
-
@item @var{filename}@code{( COMMON )}
@itemx ( COMMON )
@kindex ( COMMON )
@code{ld} permits you to refer to uninitialized data as if it
were in an input-file section named @code{COMMON}, regardless of the
input file's format.
+
+@samp{[ @var{section} @dots{} ]} used to be accepted as an alternate way
+to specify named sections from all unallocated input files. Because
+some operating systems (VMS) allow brackets in file names, this notation
+is no longer supported.
@end table
For example, the following command script arranges the output file into