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diff --git a/doc/lispref/searching.texi b/doc/lispref/searching.texi index c8a12bdd66b..b6242c539b7 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/searching.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/searching.texi @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ this choice, the rest of the regexp matches successfully. long time, if they lead to ambiguous matching. For example, trying to match the regular expression @samp{\(x+y*\)*a} against the string @samp{xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxz} could -take hours before it ultimately fails. Emacs must try each way of +take hours before it ultimately fails. Emacs may try each way of grouping the @samp{x}s before concluding that none of them can work. In general, avoid expressions that can match the same string in multiple ways. |