Further clarification for DEL vs BS on text terminals.

diff --git a/man/killing.texi b/man/killing.texi
index af1d6450aec1ae0f55d2d37388f839bce56fb7b2..2f36a0907d53a4fc1c572b385e82b93b6a0c7af9 100644 (file)
--- a/man/killing.texi
+++ b/man/killing.texi
@@ -132,15 +132,15 @@ equivalent to @key{DEL}.  So the @key{BACKSPACE} and/or @key{DELETE}
 keys normally do the right things.  But in some unusual cases Emacs
 gets the wrong information from the system.  If these keys don't do
 what they ought to do, you should tell Emacs which key to use for
-@key{DEL}.  @xref{DEL Gets Help}.
+@key{DEL}.  @xref{DEL Gets Help}, for how to do this.
 
 @findex normal-erase-is-backspace-mode
-  On text-only terminals, Emacs cannot tell which key is where, so it
-follows a uniform plan which may or may not fit your keyboard.  The
-uniform plan is that the ASCII @key{DEL} character deletes, and the
-ASCII @key{BS} (backspace) character asks for help (it is the same as
-@kbd{C-h}).  If this is not right for your keyboard, if you find that
-the key which ought to delete backwards enters Help instead, see
+  On most text-only terminals, Emacs cannot tell which key is where,
+so it follows a uniform plan which may or may not fit your keyboard.
+The uniform plan is that the ASCII @key{DEL} character deletes, and
+the ASCII @key{BS} (backspace) character asks for help (it is the same
+as @kbd{C-h}).  If this is not right for your keyboard, if you find
+that the key which ought to delete backwards enters Help instead, see
 @ref{DEL Gets Help}.
 
 @kindex M-\