lispref/markers.texi small change

* doc/lispref/markers.texi (Overview of Markers):
Reword garbage collection, add cross-ref.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index 68a8f0e4345..d2bda41eb03 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
         * markers.texi (The Region):
         Briefly mention use-empty-active-region and region-active-p.
+        (Overview of Markers): Reword garbage collection, add cross-ref.
 
 2012-03-07  Chong Yidong  <cyd@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/doc/lispref/markers.texi b/doc/lispref/markers.texi
index 689d5d3bb1f..b199dba979a 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/markers.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/markers.texi
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ with @code{insert-before-markers} (@pxref{Insertion}).
 relocate them if necessary.  This slows processing in a buffer with a
 large number of markers.  For this reason, it is a good idea to make a
 marker point nowhere if you are sure you don't need it any more.
+Markers that can no longer be accessed are eventually removed
+(@pxref{Garbage Collection}).
 
 @cindex markers as numbers
   Because it is common to perform arithmetic operations on a marker