(syms_of_buffer): Doc fix.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index f55bcd3d415..671b6418757 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -5696,8 +5696,9 @@ its hooks should not expect certain variables such as
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("mode-name", &current_buffer->mode_name,
                      Qnil,
                      doc: /* Pretty name of current buffer's major mode.
-Usually a string.  See `mode-line-format' for other possible forms.
-Use the function `format-mode-line' to get the value as a string.  */);
+Usually a string, but can use any of the constructs for `mode-line-format',
+which see.
+Format with `format-mode-line' to produce a string value.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("local-abbrev-table", &current_buffer->abbrev_table, Qnil,
                      doc: /* Local (mode-specific) abbrev table of current buffer.  */);