2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 3dd552bb927..9d0e55f3f65 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2010-08-07  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
+        * simple.el (delete-forward-char): Doc fix.
+
         * tutorial.el (help-with-tutorial): Hack safe file-local variables
         after reading the tutorial.
 
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 43cb31b226b..c0d981ce180 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ the end of the line."
         (t (delete-char (- n) killflag))))
 
 (defun delete-forward-char (n &optional killflag)
-  "Delete the previous N characters (following if N is negative).
+  "Delete the following N characters (previous if N is negative).
 If Transient Mark mode is enabled, the mark is active, and N is 1,
 delete the text in the region and deactivate the mark instead.
 To disable this, set `delete-active-region' to nil.