2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index bea19285c9a..0ace3b09ae6 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-04-10  Richard M Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+        * vc-dir.el (vc-dir): Dox fix.
+
 2009-04-10  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * mail/unrmail.el (unrmail): If "Mail-From" header is found,
diff --git a/lisp/vc-dir.el b/lisp/vc-dir.el
index 4ac5ed6852a..4316caeade1 100644
--- a/lisp/vc-dir.el
+++ b/lisp/vc-dir.el
@@ -1110,9 +1110,22 @@ outside of VC) and one wants to do some operation on it."
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun vc-dir (dir &optional backend)
-  "Show the VC status for DIR.
+  "Show the VC status for \"interesting\" files in and below DIR.
+This allows you to mark files and perform VC operations on them.
+The list omits files which are up to date, with no changes in your copy
+or the repository, if there is nothing in particular to say about them.
+
+Preparing the list of file status takes time; when the buffer
+first appears, it has only the first few lines of summary information.
+The file lines appear later.
+
 Optional second argument BACKEND specifies the VC backend to use.
-Interactively, a prefix argument means to ask for the backend."
+Interactively, a prefix argument means to ask for the backend.
+
+These are the commands available for use in the file status buffer:
+
+\\<vc-dir-mode-map>"
+
   (interactive
    (list
     ;; When you hit C-x v d in a visited VC file,