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@@ -284,8 +284,10 @@ have some drawbacks:
The ``spack load`` and ``spack module tcl loads`` commands, on the
other hand, are not very smart: if the user-supplied spec matches
more than one installed package, then ``spack module tcl loads`` will
- fail. This may change in the future. For now, the workaround is to
- be more specific on any ``spack load`` commands that fail.
+ fail. This default behavior may change in the future. For now,
+ the workaround is to either be more specific on any failing ``spack load``
+ commands or to use ``spack load --first`` to allow spack to load the
+ first matching spec.
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