# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1142867308 0
# Node ID 5dfbb2116f2d777e70a4f2af7a5b32e3eaf8a966
# Parent  7f4f3a2e288b80b2fa0b0557a1ac50b3e891382d
(set-mark-command): Doc fix.

diff -r 7f4f3a2e288b -r 5dfbb2116f2d lisp/simple.el
--- a/lisp/simple.el	Mon Mar 20 15:05:41 2006 +0000
+++ b/lisp/simple.el	Mon Mar 20 15:08:28 2006 +0000
@@ -3196,6 +3196,9 @@
 \\[universal-argument] \\[set-mark-command], unconditionally
 set mark where point is.
 
+Setting the mark also sets the \"region\", which is the closest
+equivalent in Emacs to what some editors call the \"selection\".
+
 Novice Emacs Lisp programmers often try to use the mark for the wrong
 purposes.  See the documentation of `set-mark' for more information."
   (interactive "P")