(Setting Mark): Clarify what's meant by "Shifted motion keys"

Fixes: debbugs:3503

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 4a82714fa52..8a275b9e359 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2011-07-11  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
+        * mark.texi (Setting Mark): Clarify what's meant by "Shifted
+        motion keys" (bug#3503).
+
         * emacs.texi: Change all the register node names from "RegPos"
         (etc.) to "Positional Registers" (etc.) (bug#3314).
 
diff --git a/doc/emacs/mark.texi b/doc/emacs/mark.texi
index 759db626ea7..6d3ed351e43 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/mark.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/mark.texi
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ Set point and the mark around the text you drag across.
 @item Mouse-3
 Set the mark at point, then move point to where you click
 (@code{mouse-save-then-kill}).
-@item @samp{Shifted motion keys}
-Set the mark at point if the mark is inactive, then move point.
 @end table
 
+Also, the shifted motion keys (for example, @key{S-Right}) will set
+the mark at point if the mark is inactive, then move point.
+
 @kindex C-SPC
 @kindex C-@@
 @findex set-mark-command