# HG changeset patch
# User Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
# Date 1087605215 0
# Node ID 698bb0e02eba75b8891df85da2210d55bcbe7401
# Parent  95c33e716dd321bee03992ee4044d235e0840e11
(global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers): Update docstring.

diff -r 95c33e716dd3 -r 698bb0e02eba lisp/autorevert.el
--- a/lisp/autorevert.el	Fri Jun 18 23:01:30 2004 +0000
+++ b/lisp/autorevert.el	Sat Jun 19 00:33:35 2004 +0000
@@ -178,17 +178,13 @@
 
 When non-nil, both file buffers and buffers with a custom
 `revert-buffer-function' and a `buffer-stale-function' are
-reverted by Global Auto-Revert Mode.
+reverted by Global Auto-Revert mode.  These include the Buffer
+List buffer, and Dired buffers showing complete local
+directories.  Dired buffers do not auto-revert as a result of
+changes in subdirectories or in the contents, size, modes, etc.,
+of files.  You may still sometimes want to revert them manually.
 
-Use this option with care since it could lead to excessive reverts.
-Note also that for some non-file buffers the check whether the
-buffer needs updating may be imperfect, due to efficiency
-considerations, and may not take all information listed in the
-buffer into account.  Hence, a non-nil value for this option does
-not necessarily make manual updates useless for non-file buffers.
-
-To find out to which buffers this option currently applies, as
-well as for further details, see Info node `(emacs-xtra)Autorevert'."
+For more information, see Info node `(emacs-xtra)Autorevert'."
   :group 'auto-revert
   :type 'boolean
   :link '(info-link "(emacs-xtra)Autorevert"))