# HG changeset patch
# User Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
# Date 976758133 0
# Node ID 881bdfeacf55e5277a61d41a557e8faed3eab02e
# Parent  5cb2cda06aa13c5350e88581b195534e02c9d9aa
(Fmd5): Docstring improved.

diff -r 5cb2cda06aa1 -r 881bdfeacf55 src/fns.c
--- a/src/fns.c	Thu Dec 14 01:40:55 2000 +0000
+++ b/src/fns.c	Thu Dec 14 01:42:13 2000 +0000
@@ -4979,12 +4979,23 @@
 specifying for which part of OBJECT the message digest should be computed.\n\
 If nil or omitted, the digest is computed for the whole OBJECT.\n\
 \n\
-Third optional argument CODING-SYSTEM specifies the coding system text\n\
-should be converted to before computing the digest.  If nil or omitted,\n\
-the current format is used or a format is guessed.\n\
+The MD5 message digest is computed from the result of encoding the\n\
+text in a coding system, not directly from the internal Emacs form\n\
+of the text.  The optional fourth argument CODING-SYSTEM specifies\n\
+which coding system to encode the text with.  It should be the same\n\
+coding system that you used or will use when actually writing the text\n\
+into a file.\n\
 \n\
-Fourth optional argument NOERROR is there for compatability with other\n\
-Emacsen and is ignored.")
+If CODING-SYSTEM is nil or omitted, the default depends on OBJECT.\n\
+If OBJECT is a buffer, the default for CODING-SYSTEM is whatever\n\
+coding system would be chosen by default for writing this text\n\
+into a file.\n\
+\n\
+If OBJECT is a string, the most preferred coding system (see the\n\
+command `prefer-coding-system') is used.\n\
+\n\
+The optional fifth argument NOERROR exists for compatibility with\n\
+other Emacs versions, and is ignored.")
   (object, start, end, coding_system, noerror)
      Lisp_Object object, start, end, coding_system, noerror;
 {