* emacs/dired.texi (Operating on Files): Fix dired-recursive-copies default.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index f5ccba1005f..56a63b1a0eb 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-03-22  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * dired.texi (Operating on Files): Fix dired-recursive-copies default.
+
 2012-03-17  Chong Yidong  <cyd@gnu.org>
 
         * package.texi (Package Installation): Document use of
diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
index 7dd290939fe..301f8a76477 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ the copy, like @samp{cp -p}.
 @cindex recursive copying
 The variable @code{dired-recursive-copies} controls whether to copy
 directories recursively (like @samp{cp -r}).  The default is
-@code{nil}, which means that directories cannot be copied.
+@code{top}, which means to ask before recursively copying a directory.
 
 @item D
 @findex dired-do-delete