# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1046253276 0
# Node ID 2a8850f484eb22acbd33eac1e6842a83c529823f
# Parent  50f3e9a779fe044ddbbc731995a0984e45ac83e7
Clarify where insert-abbrevs puts point.
Clarify how C-u - M-/ searches.

diff -r 50f3e9a779fe -r 2a8850f484eb man/abbrevs.texi
--- a/man/abbrevs.texi	Tue Feb 25 21:36:18 2003 +0000
+++ b/man/abbrevs.texi	Wed Feb 26 09:54:36 2003 +0000
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 @findex define-abbrevs
   The commands @kbd{M-x insert-abbrevs} and @kbd{M-x define-abbrevs} are
 similar to the previous commands but work on text in an Emacs buffer.
-@kbd{M-x insert-abbrevs} inserts text into the current buffer before point,
+@kbd{M-x insert-abbrevs} inserts text into the current buffer after point,
 describing all current abbrev definitions; @kbd{M-x define-abbrevs} parses
 the entire current buffer and defines abbrevs accordingly.@refill
 
@@ -370,10 +370,12 @@
 expressions, dynamic abbrev expansion skips that buffer.
 
   A negative argument to @kbd{M-/}, as in @kbd{C-u - M-/}, says to
-search first for expansions after point, and second for expansions
-before point.  If you repeat the @kbd{M-/} to look for another
-expansion, do not specify an argument.  This tries all the expansions
-after point and then the expansions before point.
+search first for expansions after point, then other buffers, and
+consider expansions before point only as a last resort.
+
+  If you repeat the @kbd{M-/} to look for another expansion, do not
+specify an argument.  This tries all the expansions after point and
+then the expansions before point.
 
   After you have expanded a dynamic abbrev, you can copy additional
 words that follow the expansion in its original context.  Simply type