@end defvar
@defvar global-mode-string
-This variable holds a mode-line spec that appears in the mode line by
-default, just after the buffer name. The command @code{display-time}
+This variable holds a mode-line spec that, by default, appears in the
+mode line just after the @code{which-func-mode} minor mode if set,
+else after @code{mode-line-modes}. The command @code{display-time}
sets @code{global-mode-string} to refer to the variable
-@code{display-time-string}, which holds a string containing the time and
-load information.
+@code{display-time-string}, which holds a string containing the time
+and load information.
The @samp{%M} construct substitutes the value of
@code{global-mode-string}, but that is obsolete, since the variable is