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diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index 5dd5e3e4fdc..50f0e4e45b9 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
         * calc.texi (Logarithmic Units): Update the function names.
 
+2011-03-15  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+        * message.texi (Various Commands): Document format specs in the
+        ellipsis.
+
 2011-03-15  Antoine Levitt  <antoine.levitt@gmail.com>
 
         * message.texi (Insertion Variables): Document message-cite-style.
diff --git a/doc/misc/message.texi b/doc/misc/message.texi
index 7d61ffd9efa..48d0028e452 100644
--- a/doc/misc/message.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/message.texi
@@ -1202,6 +1202,10 @@ The text is killed and replaced with the contents of the variable
 @code{message-elide-ellipsis}.  The default value is to use an ellipsis
 (@samp{[...]}).
 
+This is a format-spec string, and you can use @samp{%l} to say how
+many lines were removed, and @samp{%c} to say how many characters were
+removed.
+
 @item C-c M-k
 @kindex C-c M-k
 @findex message-kill-address