(x-get-selection): Docstring dix.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 10d3413a6d3..e4ab54396c4 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-11-27  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
+
+        * select.el (x-get-selection): Docstring dix.
+
 2000-11-27  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
 
         * play/5x5.el: Update from author.
diff --git a/lisp/select.el b/lisp/select.el
index b27287e4b4d..6e0231ca1fc 100644
--- a/lisp/select.el
+++ b/lisp/select.el
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@
   "Return the value of an X Windows selection.
 The argument TYPE (default `PRIMARY') says which selection, 
 and the argument DATA-TYPE (default `STRING') says
-how to convert the data."
+how to convert the data.
+
+TYPE may be `SECONDARY' or `CLIPBOARD', in addition to `PRIMARY'.
+DATA-TYPE is usually `STRING', but can also be one of the symbols
+in `selection-converter-alist', which see."
   (x-get-selection-internal (or type 'PRIMARY) (or data-type 'STRING)))
 
 (defun x-get-clipboard ()