(Auto Save): Clarify definition of auto-saving.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 3393712ba0a..7a3253b31c5 100644
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-12-15  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+        * files.texi (Auto Save): Clarify definition of auto-saving.
+
 2007-11-28  Katsumi Yamaoka  <yamaoka@jpl.org>
 
         * gnus.texi (Fancy Mail Splitting): Fix description of splitting based
diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
index dd2b445b054..bc865db1067 100644
--- a/man/files.texi
+++ b/man/files.texi
@@ -997,10 +997,11 @@ visit files under version control.
 @cindex mode, Auto Save
 @cindex crashes
 
-  Emacs saves all the visited files from time to time (based on counting
-your keystrokes) without being asked.  This is called @dfn{auto-saving}.
-It prevents you from losing more than a limited amount of work if the
-system crashes.
+  Emacs saves all the visited files from time to time (based on
+counting your keystrokes) without being asked, in separate files so as
+not to alter the files you actually use.  This is called
+@dfn{auto-saving}.  It prevents you from losing more than a limited
+amount of work if the system crashes.
 
   When Emacs determines that it is time for auto-saving, it considers
 each buffer, and each is auto-saved if auto-saving is enabled for it