* dabbrev.el (dabbrev-abbrev-char-regexp): Note that nil defaults

to "\\sw\\|\\s_" (bug#358).

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 5dcdbad05b5..68533f8e89e 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2011-07-06  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
+        * dabbrev.el (dabbrev-abbrev-char-regexp): Note that nil defaults
+        to "\\sw\\|\\s_" (bug#358).
+
         * dired.el (dired-mode): Clarify "unmark or unflag" (bug#8770).
         (dired-unmark-backward): Ditto.
         (dired-flag-backup-files): Ditto.
diff --git a/lisp/dabbrev.el b/lisp/dabbrev.el
index 00e2ec802e2..540b93faad8 100644
--- a/lisp/dabbrev.el
+++ b/lisp/dabbrev.el
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ starting with or containing `no-'.  If you set this variable to
 expanding `yes-or-no-' signals an error because `-' is not part of a word;
 but expanding `yes-or-no' looks for a word starting with `no'.
 
-The recommended value is \"\\\\sw\\\\|\\\\s_\"."
+The recommended value is nil, which will make dabbrev default to
+using \"\\\\sw\\\\|\\\\s_\"."
   :type '(choice (const nil)
                  regexp)
   :group 'dabbrev)