# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 842385762 0
# Node ID 1713fe640e41ed92dfff7bf1d600948e78ea3ab7
# Parent  d435199e529d22cf0674369fc18de61c3c983226
Clarify value returned by programmed completion function.

diff -r d435199e529d -r 1713fe640e41 lispref/minibuf.texi
--- a/lispref/minibuf.texi	Tue Sep 10 20:00:25 1996 +0000
+++ b/lispref/minibuf.texi	Tue Sep 10 20:02:42 1996 +0000
@@ -1060,8 +1060,12 @@
 @item
 @code{nil} specifies @code{try-completion}.  The completion function
 should return the completion of the specified string, or @code{t} if the
-string is an exact match already, or @code{nil} if the string matches no
-possibility.
+string is a unique and exact match already, or @code{nil} if the string
+matches no possibility.
+
+If the string is an exact match for one possibility, but also matches
+other longer possibilities, the function shuold return the string, not
+@code{t}.
 
 @item
 @code{t} specifies @code{all-completions}.  The completion function