(syms_of_buffer): Doc fix.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 8bd35f3b873..960b3199274 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-10-15  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+        * buffer.c (syms_of_buffer): Doc fix.
+
 2008-10-14  Kenichi Handa  <handa@m17n.org>
 
         * font.c (font_clear_prop): When clearing font width, clear the
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.  */);