2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index d1825190c1a..546fe3c969c 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2007-01-06  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+        * files.el (abbreviate-file-name): Doc fix.
+
+2007-01-06  Markus Triska  <triska@gmx.at>
+
+        * subr.el (split-string): Remove spurious ")" from doc string.
+
 2007-01-05  Takaaki Ota  <Takaaki.Ota@am.sony.com>
 
         * textmodes/table.el (table--warn-incompatibility):
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 7a9c1b4b9da..80df0d898d3 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -1289,8 +1289,9 @@ Choose the buffer's name using `generate-new-buffer-name'."
 
 (defun abbreviate-file-name (filename)
   "Return a version of FILENAME shortened using `directory-abbrev-alist'.
-This also substitutes \"~\" for the user's home directory and
-removes automounter prefixes (see the variable `automount-dir-prefix')."
+This also substitutes \"~\" for the user's home directory (unless the
+home directory is a root directory) and removes automounter prefixes
+\(see the variable `automount-dir-prefix')."
   ;; Get rid of the prefixes added by the automounter.
   (save-match-data
     (if (and automount-dir-prefix