* lisp/files.el (user-emacs-directory-warning): Clarify docstring.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 20690742d3b..32b7faa43d0 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -1059,8 +1059,10 @@ the function needs to examine, starting with FILE."
     (if root (file-name-as-directory root))))
 
 (defcustom user-emacs-directory-warning t
-  "Non-nil means warn if cannot access `user-emacs-directory'.
-Set this to nil at your own risk..."
+  "Non-nil means warn if unable to access or create `user-emacs-directory'.
+Set this to nil at your own risk, as it might lead to data loss
+when Emacs tries to write something to a non-existent or
+inaccessible location."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'initialization
   :version "24.4")