have just @key{DEL}. (The former variety usually labels the @key{DEL}
key as @key{BS} or @key{<-} and refers to it as a ``backspace key''.)
When Emacs starts, it tries to detect keyboards with both @key{BS} and
-@key{Delete} keys, and if so, binds them to the commands users expect:
-@key{Delete} deletes forward, like @kbd{C-d} does, and @key{BS} deletes
-backwards. However, some systems don't report the keyboard
-configuration. If your keyboard has these two keys, and if they are
-both reported to Emacs, but Emacs is unable to establish that, you can
-use the @code{delete-key-deletes-forward-mode} command to force Emacs to
-treat @key{BS} and @key{Delete} differently. Either type @kbd{C-u 1 M-x
+@key{Delete} keys, and if it finds your keyboard to have both keys, it
+binds them to the commands users expect: @key{Delete} deletes forward,
+like @kbd{C-d} does, and @key{BS} deletes backwards. However, some
+systems don't report the keyboard configuration. If your keyboard has
+these two keys, and if they are both reported to Emacs, but Emacs is
+unable to establish that, you can use the
+@code{delete-key-deletes-forward-mode} command to force Emacs to treat
+@key{BS} and @key{Delete} differently. Either type @kbd{C-u 1 M-x
delete-key-deletes-forward-mode @key{RET}} or put the following line
into your @file{.emacs} init file (@pxref{Init File}):