2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 2c5a7f9d970..54813759298 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2011-11-23  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+        * mail/rmail.el (rmail-current-message): Doc fix.
+
         * mail/rmail.el (rmail-message-filter): Mark as obsolete.  (Bug#2624)
 
 2011-11-22  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
diff --git a/lisp/mail/rmail.el b/lisp/mail/rmail.el
index d69252fa469..6e79c5c82b1 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/rmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/rmail.el
@@ -557,7 +557,9 @@ In a summary buffer, this holds the RMAIL buffer it is a summary for.")
 ;; Message counters and markers.  Deleted flags.
 
 (defvar rmail-current-message nil
-  "Integer specifying the message currently being displayed in this folder.")
+  "Integer specifying the message currently being displayed in this folder.
+Counts messages from 1 to `rmail-total-messages'.  A value of 0
+means there are no messages in the folder.")
 (put 'rmail-current-message 'permanent-local t)
 
 (defvar rmail-total-messages nil