# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 807603458 0
# Node ID a8cd9be430255c04d8c76a0b7c2fb95dd969435a
# Parent  9b17b06bc9cd3b1e6fa1422ad613ff03f5d9992f
Explain how delete-region alters point.

diff -r 9b17b06bc9cd -r a8cd9be43025 lispref/text.texi
--- a/lispref/text.texi	Sat Aug 05 05:18:04 1995 +0000
+++ b/lispref/text.texi	Sat Aug 05 06:17:38 1995 +0000
@@ -450,7 +450,9 @@
 
 @deffn Command delete-region start end
 This command deletes the text in the current buffer in the region
-defined by @var{start} and @var{end}.  The value is @code{nil}.
+defined by @var{start} and @var{end}.  The value is @code{nil}.  If
+point was inside the deleted region, its value afterward is @var{start}.
+Otherwise, point relocates with the surrounding text, as markers do.
 @end deffn
 
 @deffn Command delete-char count &optional killp