# HG changeset patch
# User Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
# Date 849914987 0
# Node ID 895dc357b9a2f88d694f5f1ef5cca68e5d5785e4
# Parent  5c681a822a49164d8e7c01a4b520f8f9f5a5bbf3
(backup-buffer): Doc fix.

diff -r 5c681a822a49 -r 895dc357b9a2 lisp/files.el
--- a/lisp/files.el	Fri Dec 06 23:21:53 1996 +0000
+++ b/lisp/files.el	Fri Dec 06 23:29:47 1996 +0000
@@ -1564,7 +1564,11 @@
 This is normally done before saving the buffer the first time.
 If the value is non-nil, it is the result of `file-modes' on the original
 file; this means that the caller, after saving the buffer, should change
-the modes of the new file to agree with the old modes."
+the modes of the new file to agree with the old modes.
+
+A backup may be done by renaming or by copying; see documentation of
+variable `make-backup-files'.  If it's done by renaming, then the file is
+no longer accessible under its old name."
   (if (and make-backup-files (not backup-inhibited)
 	   (not buffer-backed-up)
 	   (file-exists-p buffer-file-name)