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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2016-11-07 19:04:19 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2016-11-07 19:04:19 +0200
commit89b74829145d5646c3ab4aafaeb9e124fba04255 (patch)
tree63e702794ea689373a654b97542c096f2b68607c
parent3b199f7c77906f13a778b38a3b5fcdfb59a56ceb (diff)
downloademacs-89b74829145d5646c3ab4aafaeb9e124fba04255.tar.gz
* lisp/simple.el (set-mark-command): Doc fix. (Bug#24890)
-rw-r--r--lisp/simple.el4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index ff5774e103e..dd2f0659220 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -5403,13 +5403,13 @@ after C-u \\[set-mark-command]."
:group 'editing-basics)
(defun set-mark-command (arg)
- "Set the mark where point is, or jump to the mark.
+ "Set the mark where point is, and activate it; or jump to the mark.
Setting the mark also alters the region, which is the text
between point and mark; this is the closest equivalent in
Emacs to what some editors call the \"selection\".
With no prefix argument, set the mark at point, and push the
-old mark position on local mark ring. Also push the old mark on
+old mark position on local mark ring. Also push the new mark on
global mark ring, if the previous mark was set in another buffer.
When Transient Mark Mode is off, immediately repeating this