# HG changeset patch
# User Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
# Date 1243307791 0
# Node ID 0d056af7a0afa3e4f4b6c59b47164c2c141b4543
# Parent  4f2e369530f6f219a64ea1be9861ecca784c3f5e
* newcomment.el (comment-region): Doc fix (Bug#3370).

diff -r 4f2e369530f6 -r 0d056af7a0af lisp/ChangeLog
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog	Tue May 26 03:04:49 2009 +0000
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog	Tue May 26 03:16:31 2009 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-05-26  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+
+	* newcomment.el (comment-region): Doc fix (Bug#3370).
+
 2009-05-24  Roland Winkler  <Roland.Winkler@physik.uni-erlangen.de>
 
 	* mail/smtpmail.el: Indent code properly to make it more readable.
diff -r 4f2e369530f6 -r 0d056af7a0af lisp/newcomment.el
--- a/lisp/newcomment.el	Tue May 26 03:04:49 2009 +0000
+++ b/lisp/newcomment.el	Tue May 26 03:16:31 2009 +0000
@@ -1046,12 +1046,16 @@
 With just \\[universal-argument] prefix arg, uncomment each line in region BEG .. END.
 Numeric prefix ARG means use ARG comment characters.
 If ARG is negative, delete that many comment characters instead.
-By default, comments start at the left margin, are terminated on each line,
-even for syntax in which newline does not end the comment and blank lines
-do not get comments.  This can be changed with `comment-style'.
+
+The strings used as comment starts are built from `comment-start'
+and `comment-padding'; the strings used as comment ends are built
+from `comment-end' and `comment-padding'.
 
-The strings used as comment starts are built from
-`comment-start' without trailing spaces and `comment-padding'."
+By default, the `comment-start' markers are inserted at the
+current indentation of the region, and comments are terminated on
+each line (even for syntaxes in which newline does not end the
+comment and blank lines do not get comments).  This can be
+changed with `comment-style'."
   (interactive "*r\nP")
   (comment-normalize-vars)
   (if (> beg end) (let (mid) (setq mid beg beg end end mid)))