(previous-matching-history-element, next-matching-history-element): Doc fix.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index c578afef2fa..033a8c81840 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2001-02-06  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
 
+        * simple.el (previous-matching-history-element)
+        (next-matching-history-element): Doc fix.
+
         * loadup.el: Load ccl before utf-8; don't load ccl in the ms-dos
         specific part.
 
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index f4d03ff2226..0af34931da1 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -731,7 +731,9 @@ If a history variable is a member of this list, then the
 \(Previous history elements refer to earlier actions.)
 With prefix argument N, search for Nth previous match.
 If N is negative, find the next or Nth next match.
-An uppercase letter in REGEXP makes the search case-sensitive.
+Normally, history elements are matched case-insensitively if
+`case-fold-search' is non-nil, but an uppercase letter in REGEXP
+makes the search case-sensitive.
 See also `minibuffer-history-case-insensitive-variables'."
   (interactive
    (let* ((enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
@@ -799,7 +801,9 @@ See also `minibuffer-history-case-insensitive-variables'."
 \(The next history element refers to a more recent action.)
 With prefix argument N, search for Nth next match.
 If N is negative, find the previous or Nth previous match.
-An uppercase letter in REGEXP makes the search case-sensitive."
+Normally, history elements are matched case-insensitively if
+`case-fold-search' is non-nil, but an uppercase letter in REGEXP
+makes the search case-sensitive."
   (interactive
    (let* ((enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
           (regexp (read-from-minibuffer "Next element matching (regexp): "