Merged from miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005 (patch 69, 313-319)

Patches applied:

 * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-313
   Update from CVS

 * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-314
   Merge from gnus--rel--5.10

 * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-315
   Update from CVS

 * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-316
   Update from CVS

 * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-317
   Update from CVS

 * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-318
   Update from CVS

 * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-319
   Update from CVS

 * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2005/gnus--rel--5.10--patch-69
   Update from CVS

git-archimport-id: lorentey@elte.hu--2004/emacs--multi-tty--0--patch-347

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/man/basic.texi b/man/basic.texi
index f45f87335fb..d94e52b0112 100644
--- a/man/basic.texi
+++ b/man/basic.texi
@@ -240,8 +240,10 @@ Position 1 is the beginning of the buffer.
 @item M-g M-g
 @itemx M-g g
 @itemx M-x goto-line
-Read a number @var{n} and move point to line number @var{n}.  Line 1
-is the beginning of the buffer.
+Read a number @var{n} and move point to the beginning of line number
+@var{n}.  Line 1 is the beginning of the buffer.  If point is on or
+just after a number, then that is the default for @var{n}, if you just
+press @key{RET} with an empty minibuffer.
 @item C-x C-n
 @findex set-goal-column
 @kindex C-x C-n