(system-type): Doc fix.

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index fc92f40e2ef..ce75491e6fc 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-08-20  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * emacs.c (system-type): Doc fix.
+
 2009-08-19  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
         * keyboard.c (syms_of_keyboard): Default to 5 buttons, which should be
diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index 657465da833..8097d7a382d 100644
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -2589,15 +2589,17 @@ syms_of_emacs ()
 Many arguments are deleted from the list as they are processed.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("system-type", &Vsystem_type,
-               doc: /* Value is symbol indicating type of operating system you are using.
+               doc: /* The value is a symbol indicating the type of operating system you are using.
 Special values:
-  `gnu'         compiled for a GNU Hurd system.
-  `gnu/linux'   compiled for a GNU/Linux system.
-  `darwin'      compiled for Darwin (GNU-Darwin, Mac OS X, ...).
-  `ms-dos'      compiled as an MS-DOS application.
-  `windows-nt'  compiled as a native W32 application.
-  `cygwin'      compiled using the Cygwin library.
-Anything else indicates some sort of Unix system.  */);
+  `gnu'          compiled for a GNU Hurd system.
+  `gnu/linux'    compiled for a GNU/Linux system.
+  `gnu/kfreebsd' compiled for a GNU system with a FreeBSD kernel.
+  `darwin'       compiled for Darwin (GNU-Darwin, Mac OS X, ...).
+  `ms-dos'       compiled as an MS-DOS application.
+  `windows-nt'   compiled as a native W32 application.
+  `cygwin'       compiled using the Cygwin library.
+Anything else (in Emacs 23.1, the possibilities are: aix, berkeley-unix,
+hpux, irix, lynxos 3.0.1, usg-unix-v) indicates some sort of Unix system.  */);
   Vsystem_type = intern (SYSTEM_TYPE);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("system-configuration", &Vsystem_configuration,