# HG changeset patch
# User Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
# Date 957987618 0
# Node ID 3259733d5ea0f8ff6df16d1ace021e2bb76eebf3
# Parent  3c430bf1873f52225f84e0abe515aa9da4d42de6
write-region change

diff -r 3c430bf1873f -r 3259733d5ea0 lispref/files.texi
--- a/lispref/files.texi	Wed May 10 19:30:05 2000 +0000
+++ b/lispref/files.texi	Wed May 10 19:40:18 2000 +0000
@@ -550,7 +550,9 @@
 this case.
 
 If @var{append} is non-@code{nil}, then the specified text is appended
-to the existing file contents (if any).
+to the existing file contents (if any).  Starting in Emacs 21, if
+@var{append} is an integer, then @code{write-region} seeks to that byte
+offset from the start of the file and writes the data from there.
 
 If @var{mustbenew} is non-@code{nil}, then @code{write-region} asks
 for confirmation if @var{filename} names an existing file.