# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 739248502 0
# Node ID 8c151ebeff9c33dc3e78c267ec3c2673de1e198e
# Parent  a4b23b25b671e0ae7947dae97fa4311288225867
(mark): Doc fix.

diff -r a4b23b25b671 -r 8c151ebeff9c lisp/simple.el
--- a/lisp/simple.el	Sat Jun 05 02:34:12 1993 +0000
+++ b/lisp/simple.el	Sat Jun 05 02:48:22 1993 +0000
@@ -1230,9 +1230,10 @@
 	(insert-buffer-substring oldbuf start end)))))
 
 (defun mark (&optional force)
-  "Return this buffer's mark value as integer, or nil if no active mark now.
+  "Return this buffer's mark value as integer; error if mark inactive.
 If optional argument FORCE is non-nil, access the mark value
-even if the mark is not currently active.
+even if the mark is not currently active, and return nil
+if there is no mark at all.
 
 If you are using this in an editing command, you are most likely making
 a mistake; see the documentation of `set-mark'."