2 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 0b845dd1205..b09b479b76d 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2010-03-24  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+        * log-edit.el (log-edit-before-checkin-process): Doc fix.
+
         * cedet/semantic/bovine/c.el (semantic-c-describe-environment):
         Consistently check ede-object is bound throughout.
 
diff --git a/lisp/log-edit.el b/lisp/log-edit.el
index 57f79bd4b13..09dce0eb859 100644
--- a/lisp/log-edit.el
+++ b/lisp/log-edit.el
@@ -191,22 +191,20 @@ when this variable is set to nil.")
 (defvar log-edit-extra-flags nil
   "List of extra flags to pass to the check in command.")
 (defvar log-edit-before-checkin-process nil
-  "Alist that contains instructions for processing the commit message before check in.
-
+  "Alist with instructions for processing the commit message before check in.
 The format is: (REGEXP . INSTRUCTIONS).
+All lines matching REGEXP are removed.  For example:
 
-All lines matching REGEXP are removed.
-
-For example:
+\(\"^#.*\" . nil)
 
-(\"^#.*\" . nil)
 means: just remove all lines starting with #.  This can be used
 to insert lines in the commit buffer that contain, for example, the
 list of files to be committed.
 
-(\"Author: \\(.*\\)\" . (list \"--author\" (match-string 1)))
-means: append (list \"--author\" (match-string 1)) to
-`log-edit-extra-flags'.")
+\(\"Author: \\\\(.*\\\\)\" . (list \"--author\" (match-string 1)))
+
+means: append (list \"--author\" (match-string 1)) to `log-edit-extra-flags'.")
+
 (defvar log-edit-parent-buffer nil)
 
 ;;; Originally taken from VC-Log mode