* data.c (car, cdr): add functionality hints to documentation.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 8d37c524c84..efc2956dd9d 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-07-14  Adam Sjøgren  <asjo@koldfront.dk>
+
+        * data.c (car, cdr): add functionality hints to documentation.
+
 2011-07-14  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * bidi.c (bidi_dump_cached_states): Fix format of displaying
diff --git a/src/data.c b/src/data.c
index 7bc04592c57..b269fc3d3c3 100644
--- a/src/data.c
+++ b/src/data.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ DEFUN ("floatp", Ffloatp, Sfloatp, 1, 1, 0,
 /* Extract and set components of lists */
 
 DEFUN ("car", Fcar, Scar, 1, 1, 0,
-       doc: /* Return the car of LIST.  If arg is nil, return nil.
+       doc: /* Return the car (first element) of LIST.  If arg is nil, return nil.
 Error if arg is not nil and not a cons cell.  See also `car-safe'.
 
 See Info node `(elisp)Cons Cells' for a discussion of related basic
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ DEFUN ("car-safe", Fcar_safe, Scar_safe, 1, 1, 0,
 }
 
 DEFUN ("cdr", Fcdr, Scdr, 1, 1, 0,
-       doc: /* Return the cdr of LIST.  If arg is nil, return nil.
+       doc: /* Return the cdr (rest) of LIST.  If arg is nil, return nil.
 Error if arg is not nil and not a cons cell.  See also `cdr-safe'.
 
 See Info node `(elisp)Cons Cells' for a discussion of related basic