1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/bindings.el b/lisp/bindings.el
index 795ae4c409b..9e9193ae58e 100644
--- a/lisp/bindings.el
+++ b/lisp/bindings.el
@@ -49,9 +49,16 @@
 
 (defconst mode-line-mule-info
   (purecopy '(enable-multibyte-characters
-              ((current-input-method ("[" current-input-method-title "]"))
+              ((current-input-method ("" current-input-method-title ">"))
                "%z:")))
-  "Mode-line control for displaying information of multilingual environment.")
+  "Mode-line control for displaying information of multilingual environment.
+Normally it displays current input method (if any activated) and
+mnemonics of the following coding systems:
+  coding system for saving or writing the current buffer
+  coding system for keyboard input (if Emacs is running on terminal)
+  coding system for terminal output (if Emacs is running on terminal)
+  coding system for decoding output of buffer process (if any)
+  coding system for encoding text to send to buffer process (if any).")
 
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'mode-line-mule-info)