* lisp/dired-aux.el (dired-do-shell-command): Doc fix.

(Inspired by the Emacs manual.)

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 7cdb5217c14..fedbe71d516 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2012-01-11  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * dired-aux.el (dired-do-shell-command): Fix */? logic.  (Bug#6561)
+        Doc fix.
 
 2012-01-10  Chong Yidong  <cyd@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el
index 19ed74b2078..2d05be312eb 100644
--- a/lisp/dired-aux.el
+++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el
@@ -576,8 +576,11 @@ file name added at the end of COMMAND (separated by a space).
 
 `*' and `?' when not surrounded by whitespace have no special
 significance for `dired-do-shell-command', and are passed through
-normally to the shell, but you must confirm first.  To pass `*' by
-itself to the shell as a wildcard, type `*\"\"'.
+normally to the shell, but you must confirm first.
+
+If you want to use `*' as a shell wildcard with whitespace around
+it, write `*\"\"' in place of just `*'.  This is equivalent to just
+`*' in the shell, but avoids Dired's special handling.
 
 If COMMAND produces output, it goes to a separate buffer.