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diff --git a/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi
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+++ b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi
@@ -1705,15 +1705,11 @@ or
 
 @noindent
 and your language environment is multibyte Latin-1, these commands
-actually bind the multibyte character with code 2294, not the unibyte
-Latin-1 character with code 246 (@kbd{M-v}).  In order to use this
-binding, you need to enter the multibyte Latin-1 character as keyboard
-input.  One way to do this is by using an appropriate input method
-(@pxref{Input Methods, , Input Methods, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}).
-
-  If you want to use a unibyte character in the key binding, you can
-construct the key sequence string using @code{multibyte-char-to-unibyte}
-or @code{string-make-unibyte} (@pxref{Converting Representations}).
+actually bind the multibyte character with code 246, not the byte
+code 246 (@kbd{M-v}) sent by a Latin-1 terminal.  In order to use this
+binding, you need to teach Emacs how to decode the keyboard by using an
+appropriate input method (@pxref{Input Methods, , Input Methods, emacs, The GNU
+Emacs Manual}).
 
 @deffn Command global-set-key key binding
 This function sets the binding of @var{key} in the current global map