(defvar and asterisk): Minor rephrasing.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog b/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog
index 6ad906948f5..426f74b2e1c 100644
--- a/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-07-06  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (defvar and asterisk): Minor rephrasing.
+
 2009-06-21  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
         * Branch for 23.1.
diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
index 996fd3d58fe..b528150097d 100644
--- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
+++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
@@ -9465,9 +9465,9 @@ the Customization commands.  (@xref{defcustom, , Specifying Variables
 using @code{defcustom}}.)
 
 When you specified a variable using the @code{defvar} special form,
-you could distinguish a readily settable variable from others by
-typing an asterisk, @samp{*}, in the first column of its documentation
-string.  For example:
+you could distinguish a variable that a user might want to change from
+others by typing an asterisk, @samp{*}, in the first column of its
+documentation string.  For example:
 
 @smallexample
 @group