Refolding: disable in 8.4 compat file, document

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diff --git a/doc/refman/RefMan-tac.tex b/doc/refman/RefMan-tac.tex
index b668239a6..8172b5771 100644
--- a/doc/refman/RefMan-tac.tex
+++ b/doc/refman/RefMan-tac.tex
@@ -3293,6 +3293,16 @@ reduced to \texttt{S t}.
 
 \end{Variants}
 
+\begin{quote}
+\optindex{Refolding Reduction}
+{\tt Refolding Reduction}
+\end{quote}
+
+This option (off by default) controls the use of the refolding strategy
+of {\tt cbn} while doing reductions in unification, type inference and
+tactic applications. It can result in expensive unifications, as
+refolding currently uses a potentially exponential heuristic.
+
 \subsection{\tt unfold \qualid}
 \tacindex{unfold}
 \label{unfold}