lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el (vc-state): Doc fix.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 2626c14c593..17d339c4d78 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-12-07  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
+
+        * vc/vc-hooks.el (vc-state): Doc fix.
+
 2012-12-06  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * mail/rmail.el (rmail-maybe-display-summary):
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el b/lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el
index ef900cb5257..58de1c99368 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-hooks.el
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ For registered files, the possible values are:
 (defun vc-state (file &optional backend)
   "Return the version control state of FILE.
 
-If FILE is not registered, this function always returns nil.
-For registered files, the value returned is one of:
+A return of nil from this function means we have no information on the
+status of this file.  Otherwise, the value returned is one of:
 
   'up-to-date        The working file is unmodified with respect to the
                      latest version on the current branch, and not locked.
@@ -491,10 +491,8 @@ For registered files, the value returned is one of:
                      that any file with vc-state nil might be ignorable
                      without VC knowing it.
 
-  'unregistered      The file is not under version control.
+  'unregistered      The file is not under version control."
 
-A return of nil from this function means we have no information on the
-status of this file."
   ;; Note: in Emacs 22 and older, return of nil meant the file was
   ;; unregistered.  This is potentially a source of
   ;; backward-compatibility bugs.