simple.el (delete-forward-char): Doc fix.

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 3dd552bb927cb5a6ac430e6370404119c7f8bb27..9d0e55f3f653068f05f34f4d7376055b67e18538 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2010-08-07  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
+       * simple.el (delete-forward-char): Doc fix.
+
        * tutorial.el (help-with-tutorial): Hack safe file-local variables
        after reading the tutorial.
 

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 43cb31b226bdba36c3f844a58f131a4f163c9330..c0d981ce180b6bae9962151611520b66d65a8555 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ the end of the line."
        (t (delete-char (- n) killflag))))
 
 (defun delete-forward-char (n &optional killflag)
-  "Delete the previous N characters (following if N is negative).
+  "Delete the following N characters (previous if N is negative).
 If Transient Mark mode is enabled, the mark is active, and N is 1,
 delete the text in the region and deactivate the mark instead.
 To disable this, set `delete-active-region' to nil.