(execute-extended-command): Clarify doc string (bug#13373).

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index f18a55ce202..0ddce4d9d2d 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
         * simple.el (choose-completion-string-functions): Document new
         calling convention (bug#14153).
+        (execute-extended-command): Clarify doc string (bug#13373).
 
         * kmacro.el (kmacro-exec-ring-item): Doc fix (bug#14198).
 
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 7576a6861fc..0a96cd9378b 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -1567,13 +1567,11 @@ If the value is non-nil and not a number, we wait 2 seconds."
 (defun execute-extended-command (prefixarg &optional command-name)
   ;; Based on Fexecute_extended_command in keyboard.c of Emacs.
   ;; Aaron S. Hawley <aaron.s.hawley(at)gmail.com> 2009-08-24
-  "Read function name, then read its arguments and call it.
-
-To pass a numeric argument to the command you are invoking, specify
-the numeric argument to this command.
-
+  "Read a command name, then read the arguments and call the command.
+Interactively, to pass a prefix argument to the command you are
+invoking, give a prefix argument to `execute-extended-command'.
 Noninteractively, the argument PREFIXARG is the prefix argument to
-give to the command you invoke, if it asks for an argument."
+give to the command you invoke."
   (interactive (list current-prefix-arg (read-extended-command)))
   ;; Emacs<24 calling-convention was with a single `prefixarg' argument.
   (if (null command-name)