# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1014116634 0
# Node ID 90f3a1f6ee84b7ab5d5d6d9f4978b0bcba23d594
# Parent  0f448bd1bf9a219dee17ae99e4fe2670a6b3ccb1
(Math Functions): Document the optional second arg of atan.

diff -r 0f448bd1bf9a -r 90f3a1f6ee84 lispref/numbers.texi
--- a/lispref/numbers.texi	Tue Feb 19 10:58:07 2002 +0000
+++ b/lispref/numbers.texi	Tue Feb 19 11:03:54 2002 +0000
@@ -1046,8 +1046,8 @@
 is out of range (outside [-1, 1]), then the result is a NaN.
 @end defun
 
-@defun atan arg
-The value of @code{(atan @var{arg})} is a number between
+@defun atan y &optional x
+The value of @code{(atan @var{y})} is a number between
 @ifnottex
 @minus{}pi/2
 @end ifnottex
@@ -1061,7 +1061,10 @@
 @tex
 @math{\pi/2}
 @end tex
-(exclusive) whose tangent is @var{arg}.
+(exclusive) whose tangent is @var{y}.  If the optional second
+argument @var{x} is given, the value of @code{(atan y x)} is the
+angle in radians between the vector @code{[@var{x}, @var{y}]} and the
+@code{X} axis.
 @end defun
 
 @defun exp arg