(Fvisited_file_modtime): Document `(-1 65535)' as a value for non-existent files.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index d9891e457ac..b9405b15420 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-09-11  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+        * fileio.c (Fvisited_file_modtime): Document `(-1 65535)' as a
+        value for non-existent files.
+
 2011-09-11  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * fileio.c (Finsert_file_contents): If the file cannot be opened,
diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 2c478bac98f..6cfddde424b 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -5045,9 +5045,10 @@ Next attempt to save will certainly not complain of a discrepancy.  */)
 DEFUN ("visited-file-modtime", Fvisited_file_modtime,
        Svisited_file_modtime, 0, 0, 0,
        doc: /* Return the current buffer's recorded visited file modification time.
-The value is a list of the form (HIGH LOW), like the time values
-that `file-attributes' returns.  If the current buffer has no recorded
-file modification time, this function returns 0.
+The value is a list of the form (HIGH LOW), like the time values that
+`file-attributes' returns.  If the current buffer has no recorded file
+modification time, this function returns 0.  If the visited file
+doesn't exist, `(-1 65535)' will be returned.
 See Info node `(elisp)Modification Time' for more details.  */)
   (void)
 {