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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/test_args_accepts_external_program.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/test_args_accepts_external_program.md
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+## test() and benchmark() functions accept new types
+
+`test` and `benchmark` now accept ExternalPrograms (as returned by
+`find_program`) in the `args` list. This can be useful where the test
+executable is a wrapper which invokes another program given as an
+argument.
+
+```meson
+test('some_test', find_program('sudo'), args : [ find_program('sh'), 'script.sh' ])
+```
diff --git a/docs/yaml/functions/benchmark.yaml b/docs/yaml/functions/benchmark.yaml
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--- a/docs/yaml/functions/benchmark.yaml
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ posargs:
kwargs:
args:
- type: list[str | file | tgt]
+ type: list[str | file | tgt | external_program]
description: Arguments to pass to the executable
env: