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* etc/NEWS: Fix the description of 'shell-command-width'.
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* lisp/simple.el (shell-command-width): Doc fix.  (Bug#35055)

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index d34fb3bb12a..2421b781527 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1066,8 +1066,9 @@ variable for remote shells.  It still defaults to "/bin/sh".
 
 ** Single shell commands
 
-*** 'shell-command-width' defines the number of output columns
-for asynchronous shell command.
+---
+*** 'shell-command-width' defines the number of display columns
+available for output of asynchronous shell commands.
 
 ** Pcomplete
 
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 017ba510007..8647d0985f5 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -3352,9 +3352,10 @@ is output."
   :version "26.1")
 
 (defcustom shell-command-width nil
-  "Number of columns available for asynchronous shell command output.
+  "Number of display columns available for asynchronous shell command output.
 If nil, use the shell default number (usually 80 columns).
-If a positive integer, use a fixed width for command output."
+If a positive integer, tell the shell to use that number of columns for
+command output."
   :type '(choice (const :tag "Use system limit" nil)
                  (integer :tag "Fixed width" :value 80))
   :group 'shell