* lisp/simple.el (region-bounds): Doc fix. (Bug#33168)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index ba39a49a44e..0e5dadc81f5 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -5489,8 +5489,10 @@ also checks the value of `use-empty-active-region'."
        (progn (cl-assert (mark)) t)))
 
 (defun region-bounds ()
-  "Return the boundaries of the region as a pair of positions.
-Value is a list of cons cells of the form (START . END)."
+  "Return the boundaries of the region.
+Value is a list of one or more cons cells of the form (START . END).
+It will have more than one cons cell when the region is non-contiguous,
+see `region-noncontiguous-p' and `extract-rectangle-bounds'."
   (funcall region-extract-function 'bounds))
 
 (defun region-noncontiguous-p ()