# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1124574531 0
# Node ID de7df04c6d6b28ade4fb3f2f2bbc8bdb55a8a3cf
# Parent  d92890473bd3f70ef37f53e51bcc178f00a4664e
(replace-regexp-in-string): Doc fix.

diff -r d92890473bd3 -r de7df04c6d6b lisp/subr.el
--- a/lisp/subr.el	Sat Aug 20 21:48:20 2005 +0000
+++ b/lisp/subr.el	Sat Aug 20 21:48:51 2005 +0000
@@ -2167,9 +2167,10 @@
 is non-nil, start replacements at that index in STRING.
 
 REP is either a string used as the NEWTEXT arg of `replace-match' or a
-function.  If it is a function it is applied to each match to generate
-the replacement passed to `replace-match'; the match-data at this
-point are such that match 0 is the function's argument.
+function.  If it is a function, it is called with the actual text of each
+match, and its value is used as the replacement text.  When REP is called,
+the match-data are the result of matching REGEXP against a substring
+of STRING.
 
 To replace only the first match (if any), make REGEXP match up to \\'
 and replace a sub-expression, e.g.