(Regexps): The regexp described in the example is no longer stored in

the variable `sentence-end'.

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--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-10-07  Luc Teirlinck  <teirllm@auburn.edu>
+
+       * search.texi (Regexps): The regexp described in the example is no
+       longer stored in the variable `sentence-end'.
+
 2004-10-06  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
 
        * info.texi (@kbd{1}--@kbd{9}): no space around --, for

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--- a/man/search.texi
+++ b/man/search.texi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000, 2001
+@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000, 2001, 2004
 @c   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
 @node Search, Fixit, Display, Top
@@ -777,13 +777,13 @@ matches any character that does @emph{not} belong to category
   The constructs that pertain to words and syntax are controlled by the
 setting of the syntax table (@pxref{Syntax}).
 
-  Here is a complicated regexp, stored in @code{sentence-end} and used
-by Emacs to recognize the end of a sentence together with any
-whitespace that follows.  We show its Lisp syntax to distinguish the
-spaces from the tab characters.  In Lisp syntax, the string constant
-begins and ends with a double-quote.  @samp{\"} stands for a
-double-quote as part of the regexp, @samp{\\} for a backslash as part
-of the regexp, @samp{\t} for a tab, and @samp{\n} for a newline.
+  Here is a complicated regexp.  It is a simplified version of the
+regexp that Emacs uses, by default, to recognize the end of a sentence
+together with any whitespace that follows.  We show its Lisp syntax to
+distinguish the spaces from the tab characters.  In Lisp syntax, the
+string constant begins and ends with a double-quote.  @samp{\"} stands
+for a double-quote as part of the regexp, @samp{\\} for a backslash as
+part of the regexp, @samp{\t} for a tab, and @samp{\n} for a newline.
 
 @example
 "[.?!][]\"')]*\\($\\| $\\|\t\\|  \\)[ \t\n]*"