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diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/getvar.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/getvar.rb
index 3ca179f..1621149 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/getvar.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/getvar.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
For example:
$foo = getvar('site::data::foo')
+ # Equivalent to $foo = $site::data::foo
This is useful if the namespace itself is stored in a string:
+ $datalocation = 'site::data'
$bar = getvar("${datalocation}::bar")
+ # Equivalent to $bar = $site::data::bar
ENDHEREDOC
unless args.length == 1