Doc fixes for quoting

* doc/emacs/text.texi, doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi:
* doc/lispref/control.texi, doc/lispref/display.texi:
* doc/lispref/help.texi, doc/lispref/strings.texi, lisp/subr.el:
* src/callint.c, src/doprnt.c, src/editfns.c:
Document quoting a bit more systematically.
Problem reported by Alan Mackenzie (Bug#23425).

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/callint.c b/src/callint.c
index e56f7cd1b84..053ee6cdaa5 100644
--- a/src/callint.c
+++ b/src/callint.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ invoke it.  If KEYS is omitted or nil, the return value of
 {
   /* `args' will contain the array of arguments to pass to the function.
      `visargs' will contain the same list but in a nicer form, so that if we
-     pass it to `Fformat' it will be understandable to a human.  */
+     pass it to `Fformat_message' it will be understandable to a human.  */
   Lisp_Object *args, *visargs;
   Lisp_Object specs;
   Lisp_Object filter_specs;
diff --git a/src/doprnt.c b/src/doprnt.c
index 506bbc3df35..9d8b783565f 100644
--- a/src/doprnt.c
+++ b/src/doprnt.c
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
    ignored %s and %c conversions.  (See below for the detailed documentation of
    what is supported.)  However, this is okay, as this function is supposed to
    be called from `error' and similar functions, and thus does not need to
-   support features beyond those in `Fformat', which is used by `error' on the
-   Lisp level.  */
+   support features beyond those in `Fformat_message', which is used
+   by `error' on the Lisp level.  */
 
 /* In the FORMAT argument this function supports ` and ' as directives
    that output left and right quotes as per ‘text-quoting style’.  It
    also supports the following %-sequences:
 
    %s means print a string argument.
-   %S is silently treated as %s, for loose compatibility with `Fformat'.
+   %S is treated as %s, for loose compatibility with `Fformat_message'.
    %d means print a `signed int' argument in decimal.
    %o means print an `unsigned int' argument in octal.
    %x means print an `unsigned int' argument in hex.
diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index f0ce4e7cf34..a858e6e79dd 100644
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -3665,10 +3665,11 @@ In batch mode, the message is printed to the standard error stream,
 followed by a newline.
 
 The first argument is a format control string, and the rest are data
-to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format' for details.
+to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format-message' for
+details.
 
-Note: Use (message "%s" VALUE) to print the value of expressions and
-variables to avoid accidentally interpreting `%' as format specifiers.
+Note: (message "%s" VALUE) displays the string VALUE without
+interpreting format characters like `%', `\\=`', and `\\=''.
 
 If the first argument is nil or the empty string, the function clears
 any existing message; this lets the minibuffer contents show.  See
@@ -3696,7 +3697,8 @@ DEFUN ("message-box", Fmessage_box, Smessage_box, 1, MANY, 0,
        doc: /* Display a message, in a dialog box if possible.
 If a dialog box is not available, use the echo area.
 The first argument is a format control string, and the rest are data
-to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format' for details.
+to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format-message' for
+details.
 
 If the first argument is nil or the empty string, clear any existing
 message; let the minibuffer contents show.
@@ -3727,7 +3729,8 @@ If this command was invoked with the mouse, use a dialog box if
 `use-dialog-box' is non-nil.
 Otherwise, use the echo area.
 The first argument is a format control string, and the rest are data
-to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format' for details.
+to be formatted under control of the string.  See `format-message' for
+details.
 
 If the first argument is nil or the empty string, clear any existing
 message; let the minibuffer contents show.