# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1026071456 0
# Node ID 0695dbe46ee5a69aa78a95a6df3d75dfa4236e99
# Parent  e89fee6c4aea553eec418ff9c6c95beb519f00e6
Clarify read-only visiting commands.

diff -r e89fee6c4aea -r 0695dbe46ee5 man/files.texi
--- a/man/files.texi	Sun Jul 07 18:30:45 2002 +0000
+++ b/man/files.texi	Sun Jul 07 19:50:56 2002 +0000
@@ -273,16 +273,16 @@
 @code{find-file-wildcards}.
 
   If you visit a file that the operating system won't let you modify,
-Emacs makes the buffer read-only, so that you won't go ahead and make
-changes that you'll have trouble saving afterward.  You can make the
-buffer writable with @kbd{C-x C-q} (@code{vc-toggle-read-only}).
-@xref{Misc Buffer}.
+or that is marked read-only, Emacs makes the buffer read-only too, so
+that you won't go ahead and make changes that you'll have trouble
+saving afterward.  You can make the buffer writable with @kbd{C-x C-q}
+(@code{vc-toggle-read-only}).  @xref{Misc Buffer}.
 
 @kindex C-x C-r
 @findex find-file-read-only
-  Occasionally you might want to visit a file as read-only in order to
-protect yourself from entering changes accidentally; do so by visiting
-the file with the command @kbd{C-x C-r} (@code{find-file-read-only}).
+  If you want to visit a file as read-only in order to protect
+yourself from entering changes accidentally, visit it with the command
+@kbd{C-x C-r} (@code{find-file-read-only}) instead of @kbd{C-x C-f}.
 
 @kindex C-x C-v
 @findex find-alternate-file