* doc/emacs/files.texi (Interlocking): Copyedit.

* etc/NEWS: Related small edits.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index c10f3e073a0..8ef2f4699ec 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-01-24  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * files.texi (Interlocking): Copyedit.
+
 2014-01-23  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * building.texi (Lisp Eval): Update prefix argument behavior
diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi
index 1b6211a1ee1..3b9aefa332b 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi
@@ -752,9 +752,10 @@ file.
 @cindex locking files
   When you make the first modification in an Emacs buffer that is
 visiting a file, Emacs records that the file is @dfn{locked} by you.
-(It does this by creating a specially-named symbolic link or regular
-file with special contents in the same directory.)  Emacs removes the
-lock when you save the changes.  The idea is that the file is locked
+(It does this by creating a specially-named symbolic link@footnote{If
+your file system does not support symbolic links, a regular file is
+used.} with special contents in the same directory.)  Emacs removes the lock
+when you save the changes.  The idea is that the file is locked
 whenever an Emacs buffer visiting it has unsaved changes.
 
 @vindex create-lockfiles