Another clarification of left/right-fringe display spec

* doc/lispref/display.texi (Fringe Bitmaps): More accurate
description of what FACE means in the left/right-fringe display
spec.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index 19e0fdf0b12..ecb9cff8a2a 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -4278,9 +4278,11 @@ a display specification has the form
 @var{fringe} is either the symbol @code{left-fringe} or
 @code{right-fringe}.  @var{bitmap} is a symbol identifying the bitmap
 to display.  The optional @var{face} names a face whose foreground and
-background colors are to be used to display the bitmap; this face is
-automatically merged with the @code{fringe} face.  If @var{face} is
-omitted, that means to use the @code{default} face.
+background colors are to be used to display the bitmap, using the
+attributes of the @code{fringe} face for colors that @var{face} didn't
+specify.  If @var{face} is omitted, that means to use the attributes
+of the @code{default} face for the colors which the @code{fringe} face
+didn't specify.
 
   For instance, to display an arrow in the left fringe, using the
 @code{warning} face, you could say something like: