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diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index 59fb21a004f..2974b386d0b 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -3043,6 +3043,10 @@ Thus, use \\[backward-page] to find the beginning of a group of errors."
                (insert "\f\n")))))))
 
 (defun dired-log-summary (string failures)
+  "State a summary of a command's failures, in echo area and log buffer.
+STRING is an overall summary of the failures.
+FAILURES is a list of file names that we failed to operate on,
+or nil if file names are not applicable."
   (if (= (length failures) 1)
       (message "%s"
                (with-current-buffer dired-log-buffer