2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 3fa7d87cd4c..97afc4995af 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 2010-10-23  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * buffer.c (syms_of_buffer) <cursor-in-non-selected-windows>:
-        * xdisp.c (syms_of_xdisp) <auto-hscroll-mode>: Sync docs with Lisp.
+        * xdisp.c (syms_of_xdisp) <auto-hscroll-mode, display-hourglass>:
+        Sync docs with Lisp.
 
 2010-10-23  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 359d25342ab..ce679b2d75e 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -26581,7 +26581,9 @@ baseline.  The default value is 1.  */);
   underline_minimum_offset = 1;
 
   DEFVAR_BOOL ("display-hourglass", &display_hourglass_p,
-               doc: /* Non-zero means Emacs displays an hourglass pointer on window systems.  */);
+               doc: /* Non-nil means show an hourglass pointer, when Emacs is busy.
+This feature only works when on a window system that can change
+cursor shapes.  */);
   display_hourglass_p = 1;
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("hourglass-delay", &Vhourglass_delay,