SHOW VARIABLES Shows Variables MySQL Does Not Know About

The listing of Dynamic System Variables on the MySQL Reference Manual’s page is supposed to show those variables you can change on-the-fly.
innodb_data_home_dir is listed there as a dynamic variable, but it is not one, and trying to change it on-the-fly doesn’t work:

mysql> set global innodb_data_home_dir=”/data/mysql/data”;
ERROR 1193 (HY000): Unknown system variable ‘innodb_data_home_dir’

mysql> set session innodb_data_home_dir=”/data/mysql/data”;
ERROR […]

The listing of Dynamic System Variables on the MySQL Reference Manual’s page is supposed to show those variables you can change on-the-fly.
innodb_data_home_dir is listed there as a dynamic variable, but it is not one, and trying to change it on-the-fly doesn’t work:

mysql> set global innodb_data_home_dir=”/data/mysql/data”;
ERROR 1193 (HY000): Unknown system variable ‘innodb_data_home_dir’

mysql> set session innodb_data_home_dir=”/data/mysql/data”;
ERROR […]