2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 9a424b239c2..728405eeb2e 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-12-17  Chong Yidong  <cyd@gnu.org>
+
+        * files.el (break-hardlink-on-save): Doc fix (Bug#13801).
+        Suggested by Xue Fuqiao.
+
 2013-12-17  Dmitry Gutov  <dgutov@yandex.ru>
 
         * progmodes/ruby-mode.el (ruby-smie-rules): Indent ternary if.
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 229770006c7..b864b6e4c57 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -248,10 +248,12 @@ See also: `break-hardlink-on-save'."
   :group 'backup)
 
 (defcustom break-hardlink-on-save nil
-  "Non-nil means when saving a file that exists under several names
-\(i.e., has multiple hardlinks), break the hardlink associated with
-`buffer-file-name' and write to a new file, so that the other
-instances of the file are not affected by the save.
+  "Whether to allow breaking hardlinks when saving files.
+If non-nil, then when saving a file that exists under several
+names \(i.e., has multiple hardlinks), break the hardlink
+associated with `buffer-file-name' and write to a new file, so
+that the other instances of the file are not affected by the
+save.
 
 If `buffer-file-name' refers to a symlink, do not break the symlink.