2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 9a59fdfeb6d..02250524116 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2000-09-19  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
 
+        * font-lock.el (font-lock-mode): Change message telling the user
+        that ``the buffer is too big''.
+
         * dired.el (dired-font-lock-keywords): Allow tabs and spaces,
         for instance for the case that tab-width is 2.
 
diff --git a/lisp/font-lock.el b/lisp/font-lock.el
index e030cc9ca33..aa6c0524c51 100644
--- a/lisp/font-lock.el
+++ b/lisp/font-lock.el
@@ -720,7 +720,8 @@ buffer local value for `font-lock-defaults', via its mode hook."
               ((or (null max-size) (> max-size (buffer-size)))
                (font-lock-fontify-buffer))
               (font-lock-verbose
-               (message "Fontifying %s...buffer too big" (buffer-name))))))
+               (message "Fontifying %s...buffer size greater than font-lock-maximum-size"
+                        (buffer-name))))))
     ;; Turn off Font Lock mode.
     (unless on-p
       (remove-hook 'after-change-functions 'font-lock-after-change-function t)