(rmail-retry-failure, mail-unsent-separator): Doc fix.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/mail/rmail.el b/lisp/mail/rmail.el
index ec86f4682ed..c0c823a7c2b 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/rmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/rmail.el
@@ -2090,12 +2090,15 @@ typically for purposes of moderating a list."
           "^ *---+ +Original message +---+ *$\\|"
           "^ *--+ +begin message +--+ *$\\|"
           "^ *---+ +Original message follows +---+ *$\\|"
-          "^|? *---+ +Message text follows: +---+ *|?$"))
+          "^|? *---+ +Message text follows: +---+ *|?$")
+  "A regexp that matches the separator before the text of a failed message.")
 
 (defun rmail-retry-failure ()
   "Edit a mail message which is based on the contents of the current message.
 For a message rejected by the mail system, extract the interesting headers and
-the body of the original message."
+the body of the original message.
+The variable `mail-unsent-separator' should match the string that
+delimits the returned original message."
   (interactive)
   (require 'mail-utils)
   (let (to subj irp2 cc orig-message)