# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1130517860 0
# Node ID 8abfaaf2f6f116a9397897810380ac4a9a5bfee6
# Parent  f60cd5bf2c8e0494396d896ec927bfa9da9985cc
(Completion Commands): Clean up prev change.

diff -r f60cd5bf2c8e -r 8abfaaf2f6f1 lispref/minibuf.texi
--- a/lispref/minibuf.texi	Fri Oct 28 16:43:12 2005 +0000
+++ b/lispref/minibuf.texi	Fri Oct 28 16:44:20 2005 +0000
@@ -960,12 +960,12 @@
 the two strings is the actual completion, the second string serves as
 annotation.
 
-@var{common-substring} represents a string common prefix between all 
-completions.  @var{common-substring} is used to put faces on 
-@samp{*Completions*} to enhance visual feedback of the buffer; 
-@code{display-completion-list} use faces to highlight what all completions 
-have in common and where they begin to differ.  @var{common-substring}
-specifies the common part.
+The argument @var{common-substring} is the prefix that is common to
+all the completions.  With normal Emacs completion, it is usually the
+same as the string that was completed.  @code{display-completion-list}
+uses this to highlight text in the completion list for better visual
+feedback.  This is not needed in the minibuffer; for minibuffer
+completion, you can pass @code{nil}.
 
 This function is called by @code{minibuffer-completion-help}.  The 
 most common way to use it is together with