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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/url/url-util.el b/lisp/url/url-util.el
index 7c913bcb1a9..113ac2833bc 100644
--- a/lisp/url/url-util.el
+++ b/lisp/url/url-util.el
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Will not do anything if `url-show-status' is nil."
(while pairs
(setq cur (car pairs)
pairs (cdr pairs))
- (unless (string-match "=" cur)
+ (unless (string-search "=" cur)
(setq cur (concat cur "=")))
(when (string-match "=" cur)
@@ -335,10 +335,13 @@ instead of just \"key\" as in the example above."
;;;###autoload
(defun url-unhex-string (str &optional allow-newlines)
- "Remove %XX embedded spaces, etc in a URL.
+ "Decode %XX sequences in a percent-encoded URL.
If optional second argument ALLOW-NEWLINES is non-nil, then allow the
decoding of carriage returns and line feeds in the string, which is normally
-forbidden in URL encoding."
+forbidden in URL encoding.
+
+The resulting string in general requires decoding using an
+appropriate coding-system; see `decode-coding-string'."
(setq str (or str ""))
(let ((tmp "")
(case-fold-search t))