Clarify meaning of '*'

* doc/misc/dired-x.texi (Shell Command Guessing): Clarify meaning
of '*'. (Bug#32733)

diff --git a/doc/misc/dired-x.texi b/doc/misc/dired-x.texi
index a502667ab8365860cd12a1a74bf1acd99fed462a..d7f3586675c4b0eab9ff7e6beadb90a3dfc58238 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/misc/dired-x.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/dired-x.texi
@@ -593,8 +593,7 @@ where each @var{command} can either be a string or a Lisp expression
 that evaluates to a string.  If several commands are given, all of
 them will temporarily be pushed onto the history.
 
-If @samp{*} in the shell command, that means to substitute the file
-name.
+A @samp{*} in the shell command is replaced by the file name.
 
 You can set this variable in your @file{~/.emacs}.  For example,
 to add rules for @samp{.foo} and @samp{.bar} file extensions, write