1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el
index 09850198ca5..30a941c7bb6 100644
--- a/lisp/dired-aux.el
+++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el
@@ -1898,7 +1898,14 @@ Optional arg HOW-TO determines how to treat the target.
                         (set (make-local-variable 'minibuffer-default-add-function) nil)
                         (setq minibuffer-default defaults))
                     (dired-mark-read-file-name
-                     (concat (if dired-one-file op1 operation) " %s to: ")
+                     (format "%s %%s %s: "
+                             (if dired-one-file op1 operation)
+                             (if (memq op-symbol '(symlink hardlink))
+                                 ;; Linking operations create links
+                                 ;; from the prompted file name; the
+                                 ;; other operations copy (etc) to the
+                                 ;; prompted file name.
+                                 "from" "to"))
                      target-dir op-symbol arg rfn-list default))))
          (into-dir
           (progn