Minor rewording of last change

* lisp/vc/add-log.el (add-log-dont-create-changelog-file)
(add-log--pseudo-changelog-buffer-name)
(add-log--changelog-buffer-p, add-change-log-entry): Doc fixes.

* etc/NEWS: Improve wording of last change.

* doc/emacs/maintaining.texi (Change Log Commands): Improve
wording of last change.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
index c59978ebbe2..b31cacf998a 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
@@ -1657,14 +1657,16 @@ ordering of entries.
 
 @vindex add-log-dont-create-changelog-file
   Version control systems are another way to keep track of changes in
-your program and keep a change log.  In these situations, you may not
-want to keep a separate versioned change log file.  If
+your program and keep a change log.  Many projects that use a VCS don't
+keep a separate versioned change log file nowadays, so you may wish to
+avoid having such a file in the repository.  If the value of
 @code{add-log-dont-create-changelog-file} is non-@code{nil}, commands
 like @kbd{C-x 4 a} (@code{add-change-log-entry-other-window}) will
 record changes in a suitably named temporary buffer instead of a file,
-unless such a file already exists.
+if such a file does not already exist.
 
-In either case, you can type @kbd{C-c C-a}
+Whether you have a change log file or use a temporary buffer for
+change logs, you can type @kbd{C-c C-a}
 (@code{log-edit-insert-changelog}) in the VC Log buffer to insert the
 relevant change log entries, if they exist.  @xref{Log Buffer}.