# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 773178630 0
# Node ID 3941618b4c2b33c4dc30d57f0a8728848fd6564b
# Parent  d3c0876a550c1b420a6d94fef2649640c24081a7
(syms_of_buffer): Doc fix.

diff -r d3c0876a550c -r 3941618b4c2b src/buffer.c
--- a/src/buffer.c	Sat Jul 02 19:41:19 1994 +0000
+++ b/src/buffer.c	Sat Jul 02 19:50:30 1994 +0000
@@ -2574,7 +2574,9 @@
   (%-constructs are allowed when the string is the entire mode-line-format\n\
    or when it is found in a cons-cell or a list)\n\
   %b -- print buffer name.      %f -- print visited file name.\n\
-  %* -- print *, % or hyphen.   %+ -- print * or hyphen.\n\
+  %* -- print %, * or hyphen.   %+ -- print *, % or hyphen.\n\
+	% means buffer is read-only and * means it is modified.\n\
+	For a modified read-only buffer, %* gives % and %+ gives *.\n\
   %s -- print process status.   %l -- print the current line number.\n\
   %p -- print percent of buffer above top of window, or Top, Bot or All.\n\
   %P -- print percent of buffer above bottom of window, perhaps plus Top,\n\