1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi
index 9d6e62b5f30..04d2fc1c999 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi
@@ -1556,13 +1556,11 @@ not accept wildcard file names.
 
 In all these commands, if the argument @var{new} is just a directory
 name, the real new name is in that directory, with the same
-non-directory component as @var{old}.  For example, @kbd{M-x
-rename-file @key{RET} ~/foo @key{RET}
-@c FIXME: This part of the example should be '/tmp/' not '/tmp',
-@c because '/tmp' is not "just a directory name".
-/tmp
-@c
-@key{RET}} renames @file{~/foo} to @file{/tmp/foo}.  All these
+non-directory component as @var{old}.  For example,
+@c FIXME: '/tmp' should be '/tmp/' because '/tmp'
+@c is not "just a directory name".
+@kbd{M-x rename-file @key{RET} ~/foo @key{RET} /tmp @key{RET}}
+renames @file{~/foo} to @file{/tmp/foo}.  All these
 commands ask for confirmation when the new file name already exists,
 too.