# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 912357578 0
# Node ID 49a68c55c3ac34fe8281149d20da0dfc709489c5
# Parent  68c3d9e82bb7fa56ab94629ab6106531f61725e8
(symbol-file): Doc fix.

diff -r 68c3d9e82bb7 -r 49a68c55c3ac lisp/loadhist.el
--- a/lisp/loadhist.el	Sun Nov 29 15:41:38 1998 +0000
+++ b/lisp/loadhist.el	Sun Nov 29 16:39:38 1998 +0000
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@
 
 (defun symbol-file (sym)
   "Return the input source from which SYM was loaded.
-This is a file name, or nil if the source was a buffer with no associated file."
+The value is normally a string that was passed to `load':
+either an absolute file name, or a library name
+\(with no directory name and no `.el' or `.elc' at the end).
+It can also be nil, if the definition is not associated with any file."
   (unless load-history-loaded
     (load (expand-file-name
 	   ;; fns-XX.YY.ZZ.el does not work on DOS filesystem.