(dired-diff): Doc fix.

3 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 8052faab73e..cc3c9c04522 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2001-05-03  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
 
+        * dired-aux.el (dired-diff): Doc fix.
+
+        * dired.el (dired-diff): Likewise.
+
+2001-05-03  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
+
         * textmodes/ispell.el (ispell-change-dictionary): Doc fix.
 
 2001-05-02  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@cs.yale.edu>
diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el
index 6651f9c832a..31883fe012a 100644
--- a/lisp/dired-aux.el
+++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun dired-diff (file &optional switches)
   "Compare file at point with file FILE using `diff'.
-FILE defaults to the file at the mark.
+FILE defaults to the file at the mark.  (That's the mark set by
+\\[set-mark-command], not by Dired's \\[dired-mark] command.)
 The prompted-for file is the first file given to `diff'.
 With prefix arg, prompt for second argument SWITCHES,
  which is options for `diff'."
diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index 6ef7990084d..a425cf384f3 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -2716,7 +2716,8 @@ To be called first in body of `dired-sort-other', etc."
 
 (autoload 'dired-diff "dired-aux"
   "Compare file at point with file FILE using `diff'.
-FILE defaults to the file at the mark.
+FILE defaults to the file at the mark.  (That's the mark set by
+\\[set-mark-command], not by Dired's \\[dired-mark] command.)
 The prompted-for file is the first file given to `diff'."
   t)