(Dired Enter): Mention conditions on `ls' switches.

(Dired and Find): Mention differences with ordinary Dired buffers.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 8418bb43d13..a3216ed4407 100644
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-06-14  Luc Teirlinck  <teirllm@auburn.edu>
+
+        * dired.texi (Dired Enter): Mention conditions on `ls' switches.
+        (Dired and Find): Mention differences with ordinary Dired buffers.
+
 2004-06-13  Luc Teirlinck  <teirllm@auburn.edu>
 
         * autotype.texi (Copyrights, Timestamps): Recommend
diff --git a/man/dired.texi b/man/dired.texi
index 57fa240c39a..9d2c5f096d5 100644
--- a/man/dired.texi
+++ b/man/dired.texi
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ the special commands of Dired are available.
 give to @code{ls} for listing directory; this string @emph{must} contain
 @samp{-l}.  If you use a numeric prefix argument with the @code{dired}
 command, you can specify the @code{ls} switches with the minibuffer
-before you enter the directory specification.
+before you enter the directory specification.  No matter how they are
+specified, the @code{ls} switches should all be short options (that
+is, single characters) requiring no arguments.
 
 @findex dired-other-window
 @kindex C-x 4 d
@@ -1099,6 +1101,11 @@ may need to change the value of this variable.
 program.  @kbd{M-x locate-with-filter} is similar, but keeps only lines
 matching a given regular expression.
 
+These buffers don't work entirely like ordinary Dired buffers.  File
+operations work, but do not always automatically update the buffer.
+Reverting the buffer with @kbd{g} deletes all inserted subdirectories,
+and erases all flags and marks.
+
 @node Misc Dired Commands
 @section Other Dired Commands