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diff --git a/doc/emacs/help.texi b/doc/emacs/help.texi index e00f8b9115a..76a9f2413b1 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/help.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/help.texi @@ -139,8 +139,11 @@ command. @item C-h r Display the Emacs manual in Info (@code{info-emacs-manual}). @item C-h s -Display the current contents of the syntax table, with an explanation of -what they mean (@code{describe-syntax}). @xref{Syntax}. +Display the current contents of the @dfn{syntax table}, with an +explanation of what they mean (@code{describe-syntax}). The syntax +table says which characters are opening delimiters, which are parts of +words, which are string quotes, and so on. @xref{Syntax Tables,, +Syntax Tables, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}, for details. @item C-h t Enter the Emacs interactive tutorial (@code{help-with-tutorial}). @item C-h v @var{var} @key{RET} @@ -583,7 +586,8 @@ bindings now in effect: first the local bindings of the current minor modes, then the local bindings defined by the current major mode, and finally the global bindings (@pxref{Key Bindings}). @kbd{C-h s} displays the contents of the syntax table, with explanations of each -character's syntax (@pxref{Syntax}). +character's syntax (@pxref{Syntax Tables,, Syntax Tables, elisp, The +Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}). You can get a list of subcommands for a particular prefix key by typing @kbd{C-h} after the prefix key. (There are a few prefix keys |