# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1067708880 0
# Node ID e9b83c6e5ab4c172420b31b406ab0cdad1424e2b
# Parent  373fa562b36fe4aa9a6813eb8688560d73fe2d03
(dired-ls-sorting-switches): Doc fix.

diff -r 373fa562b36f -r e9b83c6e5ab4 lisp/dired.el
--- a/lisp/dired.el	Sat Nov 01 17:35:49 2003 +0000
+++ b/lisp/dired.el	Sat Nov 01 17:48:00 2003 +0000
@@ -2770,7 +2770,14 @@
 ;; So anything that does not contain these is sort "by name".
 
 (defvar dired-ls-sorting-switches "SXU"
-  "String of `ls' switches (single letters) except `t' that influence sorting.")
+  "String of `ls' switches \(single letters\) except `t' that influence sorting.
+
+This indicates to Dired which option switches to watch out for because they
+will change the sorting order behavior of `ls'.
+
+To change the default sorting order \(e.g. add a `-v' option\), see the
+variable `dired-listing-switches'.  To temporarily override the listing
+format, use `\\[universal-argument] \\[dired]'.")
 
 (defvar dired-sort-by-date-regexp
   (concat "^-[^" dired-ls-sorting-switches