Fix Bug#25162

* doc/emacs/files.texi (Reverting): Document
auto-revert-remote-files and auto-revert-verbose.

* lisp/autorevert.el (auto-revert-verbose, auto-revert-mode)
(auto-revert-tail-mode, global-auto-revert-mode): Fix docstring.

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi
index fc46ef7879a..264154be66f 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi
@@ -937,6 +937,8 @@ discard your changes.)
 @findex auto-revert-mode
 @findex auto-revert-tail-mode
 @vindex auto-revert-interval
+@vindex auto-revert-remote-files
+@vindex auto-revert-verbose
   You can also tell Emacs to revert buffers periodically.  To do this
 for a specific buffer, enable the minor mode Auto-Revert mode by
 typing @kbd{M-x auto-revert-mode}.  This automatically reverts the
@@ -944,7 +946,8 @@ current buffer every five seconds; you can change the interval through
 the variable @code{auto-revert-interval}.  To do the same for all file
 buffers, type @kbd{M-x global-auto-revert-mode} to enable Global
 Auto-Revert mode.  These minor modes do not check or revert remote
-files, because that is usually too slow.
+files, because that is usually too slow.  This behavior can be changed
+by setting the variable @code{auto-revert-remote-files} to non-@code{nil}.
 
   One use of Auto-Revert mode is to ``tail'' a file such as a system
 log, so that changes made to that file by other programs are
@@ -955,6 +958,9 @@ the end, use Auto-Revert Tail mode instead
 (@code{auto-revert-tail-mode}).  It is more efficient for this.
 Auto-Revert Tail mode works also for remote files.
 
+  When a buffer is auto-reverted, a message is generated.  This can be
+suppressed by setting @code{auto-revert-verbose} to @code{nil}.
+
   @xref{VC Undo}, for commands to revert to earlier versions of files
 under version control.  @xref{VC Mode Line}, for Auto Revert
 peculiarities when visiting files under version control.
diff --git a/lisp/autorevert.el b/lisp/autorevert.el
index b8693dfb210..d2a6213c3a8 100644
--- a/lisp/autorevert.el
+++ b/lisp/autorevert.el
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Thus, with this setting, Emacs might be non-responsive at times."
 
 (defcustom auto-revert-verbose t
   "When nil, Auto-Revert Mode does not generate any messages.
-When non-nil, a message is generated whenever a file is reverted."
+When non-nil, a message is generated whenever a buffer is reverted."
   :group 'auto-revert
   :type 'boolean)
 
@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ Auto Revert mode is a minor mode that affects only the current
 buffer.  When enabled, it reverts the buffer when the file on
 disk changes.
 
+When a buffer is reverted, a message is generated.  This can be
+suppressed by setting `auto-revert-verbose' to nil.
+
 Use `global-auto-revert-mode' to automatically revert all buffers.
 Use `auto-revert-tail-mode' if you know that the file will only grow
 without being changed in the part that is already in the buffer."
@@ -388,6 +391,9 @@ You can edit the buffer and turn this mode off and on again as
 you please.  But make sure the background process has stopped
 writing before you save the file!
 
+When a buffer is reverted, a message is generated.  This can be
+suppressed by setting `auto-revert-verbose' to nil.
+
 Use `auto-revert-mode' for changes other than appends!"
   :group 'find-file :lighter auto-revert-tail-mode-text
   (when auto-revert-tail-mode
@@ -452,6 +458,9 @@ documentation of that variable.  It ignores buffers with modes
 matching `global-auto-revert-ignore-modes', and buffers with a
 non-nil vale of `global-auto-revert-ignore-buffer'.
 
+When a buffer is reverted, a message is generated.  This can be
+suppressed by setting `auto-revert-verbose' to nil.
+
 This function calls the hook `global-auto-revert-mode-hook'.
 It displays the text that `global-auto-revert-mode-text'
 specifies in the mode line."