; * lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el (define-derived-mode): Doc fix.

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el
index dc867d61da30f747cc9e3a477bc9f800ec5eb228..a6578e3308631653b781f5d4ba7d835f3cce7028 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defmacro define-derived-mode (child parent name &optional docstring &rest body)
-  "Create a new mode as a variant of an existing mode.
+  "Create a new mode CHILD which is a variant of an existing mode PARENT.
 
-The arguments to this command are as follow:
+The arguments are as follows:
 
 CHILD:     the name of the command for the derived mode.
 PARENT:    the name of the command for the parent mode (e.g. `text-mode')
@@ -123,25 +123,28 @@ PARENT:    the name of the command for the parent mode (e.g. `text-mode')
 NAME:      a string which will appear in the status line (e.g. \"Hypertext\")
 DOCSTRING: an optional documentation string--if you do not supply one,
            the function will attempt to invent something useful.
-KEYWORDS:  optional keywords.
+KEYWORD-ARGS:
+           optional arguments in the form of pairs of keyword and value.
+           The following keyword arguments are currently supported:
+
+           :group GROUP
+                   Declare the customization group that corresponds
+                   to this mode.  The command `customize-mode' uses this.
+           :syntax-table TABLE
+                   Use TABLE instead of the default (CHILD-syntax-table).
+                   A nil value means to simply use the same syntax-table
+                   as the parent.
+           :abbrev-table TABLE
+                   Use TABLE instead of the default (CHILD-abbrev-table).
+                   A nil value means to simply use the same abbrev-table
+                   as the parent.
+           :after-hook FORM
+                   A single lisp form which is evaluated after the mode
+                   hooks have been run.  It should not be quoted.
+
 BODY:      forms to execute just before running the
            hooks for the new mode.  Do not use `interactive' here.
 
-The following keywords are currently supported:
-
-:group GROUP
-       Declare the customization group that corresponds to this mode.
-       The command `customize-mode' uses this.
-:syntax-table TABLE
-       Use TABLE instead of the default (CHILD-syntax-table).
-       A nil value means to simply use the same syntax-table as the parent.
-:abbrev-table TABLE
-       Use TABLE instead of the default (CHILD-abbrev-table).
-       A nil value means to simply use the same abbrev-table as the parent.
-:after-hook FORM
-       A single lisp form which is evaluated after the mode hooks have been
-       run.  It should not be quoted.
-
 Here is how you could define LaTeX-Thesis mode as a variant of LaTeX mode:
 
   (define-derived-mode LaTeX-thesis-mode LaTeX-mode \"LaTeX-Thesis\")
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ The new mode runs the hook constructed by the function
 
 See Info node `(elisp)Derived Modes' for more details.
 
-\(fn CHILD PARENT NAME [DOCSTRING] [KEYWORDS...] &rest BODY)"
+\(fn CHILD PARENT NAME [DOCSTRING] [KEYWORD-ARGS...] &rest BODY)"
   (declare (debug (&define name symbolp sexp [&optional stringp]
                           [&rest keywordp sexp] def-body))
           (doc-string 4)