find-ls-option doc fixes (bug#10262)

* doc/emacs/dired.texi (Dired and Find): Clarify find-ls-options.
* lisp/find-dired.el (find-ls-option): Doc fix.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index ad49224e0d3..8f7f8ebb220 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-01-13  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * dired.texi (Dired and Find): Clarify find-ls-options.
+
 2012-01-09  Chong Yidong  <cyd@gnu.org>
 
         * custom.texi (Custom Themes): Switched custom-safe-themes to use
diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
index 34ec0d2045c..cce440f2bdb 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
@@ -1228,9 +1228,9 @@ need to know how to use @command{find}.
 
 @vindex find-ls-option
   The format of listing produced by these commands is controlled by
-the variable @code{find-ls-option}, whose default value specifies
-using options @samp{-ld} for @command{ls}.  If your listings are
-corrupted, you may need to change the value of this variable.
+the variable @code{find-ls-option}.  This is a pair of options; the
+first specifying how to call @command{find} to produce the file listing,
+and the second telling Dired to parse the output.
 
 @findex locate
 @findex locate-with-filter