Create a new graphical frame, instead of using an existing Emacs
frame. Emacs can create a graphical frame even if it was started in a
text-only terminal, provided it is able to connect to a graphical
-display. If no graphical display is available, Emacs creates a new
-text-only terminal frame (@pxref{Frames}). If you omit a filename
-argument while supplying the @samp{-c} option, the new frame displays
-the @samp{*scratch*} buffer (@pxref{Buffers}).
+display, and provided it can create graphical frames when started from
+a text-only terminal. Otherwise@footnote{
+This is what happens on MS-Windows.
+}, Emacs creates a new text-only terminal frame (@pxref{Frames}). If
+you omit a filename argument while supplying the @samp{-c} option, the
+new frame displays the @samp{*scratch*} buffer (@pxref{Buffers}).
@item -F @var{alist}
@itemx --frame-parameters=@var{alist}
@itemx --tty
@itemx -nw
Create a new Emacs frame on the current text-only terminal, instead of
-using an existing Emacs frame. Emacs can open a text-only terminal
+using an existing Emacs frame. If Emacs can open a text-only terminal
even if it was started in another text-only terminal, or on a
-graphical display. If you omit a filename argument while supplying
-this option, the new frame displays the @samp{*scratch*} buffer.
-@xref{Buffers}.
+graphical display, it will create a text-only frame on the current
+terminal. Otherwise@footnote{
+This is what happens on MS-Windows.
+}, it will create a new frame, either GUI or text-only, on the
+same terminal where Emacs was started. If you omit a filename
+argument while supplying this option, the new frame displays the
+@samp{*scratch*} buffer. @xref{Buffers}.
@end table
If you type @kbd{C-x C-c} (@code{save-buffers-kill-terminal}) in an