Merge from origin/emacs-25

50650cb Doc fixes for fclist and grep
5e814e0 Minor doc fixes for quoting
3347a73 `nreverse' the marker pairs list
1a4127d Use save-excursion in xref-location-marker more
ab3ba91 shell-quote-argument DIR when appropriate
922c7a3 Rework xref-query-replace-in-results
3fe3510 * lisp/replace.el (query-replace-read-from): Use minibuffer-w...
0932b94 Fix todo-mode bug involving archived items (bug#23447)
e68ad1f ; * etc/NEWS: Tiny edit. (Bug#23432)
adc80b7 ; * test/automated/xref-tests.el: Add copyright and license.
4d8fd9c Handle "empty line" regexp in xref searches
f559b37 Add tests for xref-collect-matches
6428aa0 Use grep-find-ignored-directories instead of vc-directory-exc...
6f82d8e Clear buffer-undo-list when showing xrefs
c68a091 Note the quote translation in `message' in section "incompati...
52f86a7 * etc/NEWS: Mention (message "%s" (format ...)).
93703c5 (Common Keywords): Correct what missing :group means
79e5800 Improve documentation of Dired's 'A' and 'Q' commands
2ea2a2f Doc fixes for quoting
8544b98 posnp doc clarification
805204f Mention what a missing :group does
ec554d7 Fix documentation of dired-aux search/replace commands

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/strings.texi b/doc/lispref/strings.texi
index ce629aa8259..58ab02dbc41 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/strings.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/strings.texi
@@ -842,8 +842,14 @@ if any.
 This function acts like @code{format}, except it also converts any
 curved single quotes in @var{string} as per the value of
 @code{text-quoting-style}, and treats grave accent (@t{`}) and
-apostrophe (@t{'}) as if they were curved single quotes.  @xref{Keys
-in Documentation}.
+apostrophe (@t{'}) as if they were curved single quotes.
+
+A format that quotes with grave accents and apostrophes @t{`like
+this'} typically generates curved quotes @t{‘like this’}.  In
+contrast, a format that quotes with only apostrophes @t{'like this'}
+typically generates two closing curved quotes @t{’like this’}, an
+unusual style in English.  @xref{Keys in Documentation}, for how the
+@code{text-quoting-style} variable affects generated quotes.
 @end defun
 
 @cindex @samp{%} in format