Make it explicit that the mini-windows are the mini-buffer and the echo area

Fixes: debbugs:3320

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index f45920a2ce7..e75a84a4a6b 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2011-07-11  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
+        * xdisp.c (syms_of_xdisp): Make it explicit that the mini-windows
+        are the mini-buffer and the echo area (bug#3320).
+
         * term.c (init_tty): Remove support for supdup, c10 and perq
         terminals, which are no longer supported (bug#1482).
 
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index a86cca86341..d4c6743f805 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -26846,13 +26846,13 @@ but does not change the fact they are interpreted as raw bytes.  */);
   unibyte_display_via_language_environment = 0;
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("max-mini-window-height", Vmax_mini_window_height,
-    doc: /* *Maximum height for resizing mini-windows.
+    doc: /* *Maximum height for resizing mini-windows (the minibuffer and the echo area).
 If a float, it specifies a fraction of the mini-window frame's height.
 If an integer, it specifies a number of lines.  */);
   Vmax_mini_window_height = make_float (0.25);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("resize-mini-windows", Vresize_mini_windows,
-    doc: /* *How to resize mini-windows.
+    doc: /* *How to resize mini-windows (the minibuffer and the echo area).
 A value of nil means don't automatically resize mini-windows.
 A value of t means resize them to fit the text displayed in them.
 A value of `grow-only', the default, means let mini-windows grow