selected buffer <=> current buffer.

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/man/buffers.texi b/man/buffers.texi
index 0afe99bcea6..8ddbe0b42d0 100644
--- a/man/buffers.texi
+++ b/man/buffers.texi
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ command's documentation, that appears in a buffer called @samp{*Help*}.
 
 @cindex selected buffer
 @cindex current buffer
-  At any time, one and only one buffer is @dfn{selected}.  It is also
-called the @dfn{current buffer}.  Often we say that a command operates on
+  At any time, one and only one buffer is @dfn{current}.  It is also
+called the @dfn{selected buffer}.  Often we say that a command operates on
 ``the buffer'' as if there were only one; but really this means that the
-command operates on the selected buffer (most commands do).
+command operates on the current buffer (most commands do).
 
   When Emacs has multiple windows, each window has its own chosen
 buffer and displays it; at any time, only one of the windows is
-selected, and its chosen buffer is the selected buffer.  Each window's
+selected, and its chosen buffer is the current buffer.  Each window's
 mode line normally displays the name of the window's chosen buffer
 (@pxref{Windows}).
 
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ Similar, but select @var{buffer} in a separate frame
 @key{RET}}.  This runs the command @code{switch-to-buffer} with argument
 @var{bufname}.  You can use completion on an abbreviation for the buffer
 name you want (@pxref{Completion}).  An empty argument to @kbd{C-x b}
-specifies the most recently selected buffer that is not displayed in any
-window.@refill
+specifies the buffer that was current most recently among those not
+now displayed in any window.
 
 @kindex C-x 4 b
 @findex switch-to-buffer-other-window
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ buffers that were current most recently come first.
   @samp{*} at the beginning of a line indicates the buffer is ``modified.''
 If several buffers are modified, it may be time to save some with @kbd{C-x s}
 (@pxref{Saving}).  @samp{%} indicates a read-only buffer.  @samp{.} marks the
-selected buffer.  Here is an example of a buffer list:@refill
+current buffer.  Here is an example of a buffer list:@refill
 
 @smallexample
  MR Buffer         Size  Mode           File
@@ -262,12 +262,13 @@ Offer to kill each buffer, one by one.
 @kindex C-x k
 
   @kbd{C-x k} (@code{kill-buffer}) kills one buffer, whose name you
-specify in the minibuffer.  The default, used if you type just @key{RET}
-in the minibuffer, is to kill the current buffer.  If you kill the
-current buffer, another buffer is selected; one that has been selected
-recently but does not appear in any window now.  If you ask to kill a
-file-visiting buffer that is modified (has unsaved editing), then you
-must confirm with @kbd{yes} before the buffer is killed.
+specify in the minibuffer.  The default, used if you type just
+@key{RET} in the minibuffer, is to kill the current buffer.  If you
+kill the current buffer, another buffer becomes current: one that was
+current in the recent past but is not displayed in any window now.  If
+you ask to kill a file-visiting buffer that is modified (has unsaved
+editing), then you must confirm with @kbd{yes} before the buffer is
+killed.
 
   The command @kbd{M-x kill-some-buffers} asks about each buffer, one by
 one.  An answer of @kbd{y} means to kill the buffer.  Killing the current
@@ -383,7 +384,7 @@ select the window.
 Immediately select this line's buffer in a full-screen window.
 @item 2
 Immediately set up two windows, with this line's buffer in one, and the
-previously selected buffer (aside from the buffer @samp{*Buffer List*})
+previously current buffer (aside from the buffer @samp{*Buffer List*})
 in the other.
 @item b
 Bury the buffer listed on this line.
diff --git a/man/vip.texi b/man/vip.texi
index 6b423908a4d..349caeca4ef 100644
--- a/man/vip.texi
+++ b/man/vip.texi
@@ -784,8 +784,8 @@ typing @kbd{\}.  Thus @kbd{5 \ +}, as well as @kbd{\ C-u 5 +}, will insert
 @cindex current buffer
 
 In Emacs the text you edit is stored in a @dfn{buffer}.
-See GNU Emacs Manual, for details.  There is always one @dfn{selected}
-buffer which is called the @dfn{current buffer}.@refill
+See GNU Emacs Manual, for details.  There is always one @dfn{current}
+buffer, also called the @dfn{selected buffer}.@refill
 
 @cindex window
 @cindex modified (buffer)