1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
index c32255a86db..8fab508dea6 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
@@ -654,10 +654,12 @@ commands, use the same conventions to decide which files to work on.
   Commands which ask for a destination directory, such as those which
 copy and rename files or create links for them, try to guess the default
 target directory for the operation.  Normally, they suggest the Dired
-buffer's default directory, but if the variable @code{dired-dwim-target}
-is non-@code{nil}, and if there is another Dired buffer displayed in one
-of the most recently used windows, that other buffer's directory is
-suggested instead.
+buffer's default directory, but if the option @code{dired-dwim-target}
+is non-@code{nil}, and if there is another Dired buffer displayed in
+some window, that other buffer's directory is suggested instead.
+You can customize @code{dired-dwim-target} to prefer either the next
+window with a Dired buffer, or the most recently used window with
+a Dired buffer.
 
   Here are the file-manipulating Dired commands that operate on files.