# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1121571941 0
# Node ID 4dcefa44889e88cd180cd27791971859a4e8d5af
# Parent  39e0b08e9fb256aee0296d721c439a18d9efac6d
(Managing Overlays): Clarify make-overlay args for insertion types.

diff -r 39e0b08e9fb2 -r 4dcefa44889e lispref/display.texi
--- a/lispref/display.texi	Sun Jul 17 00:42:25 2005 +0000
+++ b/lispref/display.texi	Sun Jul 17 03:45:41 2005 +0000
@@ -1133,12 +1133,14 @@
 current buffer.
 
 The arguments @var{front-advance} and @var{rear-advance} specify the
-insertion type for the start of the overlay and for the end of the
-overlay, respectively.  @xref{Marker Insertion Types}.  If
-@var{front-advance} is non-@code{nil}, text inserted at the beginning
-of the overlay is excluded from the overlay.  If @var{read-advance} is
-non-@code{nil}, text inserted at the beginning of the overlay is
-included in the overlay.
+marker insertion type for the start of the overlay and for the end of
+the overlay, respectively.  @xref{Marker Insertion Types}.  If they
+are both @code{nil}, the default, then the overlay extends to include
+any text inserted at the beginning, but not text inserted at the end.
+If @var{front-advance} is non-@code{nil}, text inserted at the
+beginning of the overlay is excluded from the overlay.  If
+@var{rear-advance} is non-@code{nil}, text inserted at the end of the
+overlay is included in the overlay.
 @end defun
 
 @defun overlay-start overlay