1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi
index a692bb2f2b6..f4678ddd846 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/files.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi
@@ -2571,10 +2571,10 @@ This function creates a temporary file and returns its name.  Emacs
 creates the temporary file's name by adding to @var{prefix} some
 random characters that are different in each Emacs job.  The result is
 guaranteed to be a newly created file, containing @var{text} if that's
-given as a string and empty otherwise. On MS-DOS, this function
-can truncate the @var{string} prefix to fit into the 8+3 file-name
-limits.  If @var{prefix} is a relative file name, it is expanded
-against @code{temporary-file-directory}.
+given as a string and empty otherwise. On MS-DOS, this function can
+truncate @var{prefix} to fit into the 8+3 file-name limits.  If
+@var{prefix} is a relative file name, it is expanded against
+@code{temporary-file-directory}.
 
 @example
 @group