Minor fixes for text of help-echo in some options.

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index f215125f97c..8cc4d145b8e 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-09-23  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
+
+        * menu-bar.el (top-level): Minor fixes for text of help-echo in
+        some items of the Options menu.
+
 2001-09-22  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@cs.yale.edu>
 
         * pcvs-parse.el (cvs-parse-commit): Remove the temp files used by VC.
diff --git a/lisp/menu-bar.el b/lisp/menu-bar.el
index 2f48ce99600..00d009df9a8 100644
--- a/lisp/menu-bar.el
+++ b/lisp/menu-bar.el
@@ -634,20 +634,20 @@ Do the same for the keys of the same name."
   '("--"))
 (define-key menu-bar-options-menu [highlight-paren-mode]
   (menu-bar-make-toggle toggle-highlight-paren-mode show-paren-mode
-                        "Highlight Matching Parentheses"
+                        "Paren Match Highlighting (Show Paren mode)"
                         "Show Paren mode %s"
-                        "Highlight matching and mismatched parentheses"
+                        "Highlight matching/mismatched parentheses at cursor"
                         (show-paren-mode)))
 (define-key menu-bar-options-menu [transient-mark-mode]
   (menu-bar-make-toggle toggle-transient-mark-mode transient-mark-mode
-                        "Highlight Marked Text (Transient Mark mode)"
+                        "Active Region Highlighting (Transient Mark mode)"
                         "Transient Mark mode %s"
-                        "Highlight the marked region when active"))
+                        "Make text in active region stand out in color"))
 (define-key menu-bar-options-menu [toggle-global-lazy-font-lock-mode]
   (menu-bar-make-toggle toggle-global-lazy-font-lock-mode global-font-lock-mode
-                        "Highlight Syntactically"
+                        "Syntax Highlighting (Global Font Lock mode)"
                         "Global Font Lock mode %s"
-                        "Highlight text based on language syntax"
+                        "Colorize text based on language syntax"
                         (global-font-lock-mode)))