; Minor copyedits of recent documentation changes

* etc/NEWS:
* doc/lispref/display.texi (Face Attributes): Fix
documentation of the ':extend' face attribute.

diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index 1678d32db0aa4c88e27a59b62832eaa3a0135714..f35b11f8493ebea1ef9b200ee1374c6b43224361 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -2484,14 +2484,16 @@ attributes from faces earlier in the list override those from later
 faces.
 
 @item :extend
-Whether or not this face will be extended until the end of the window.
-The value should be @code{t} to extend until end of the window using
-this face or @code{nil} fill the space between the end of the line and
-the end of the window with the default face.  When a face is conformed
-by merging multiple other faces; only those with @code{:extend t} will
-be merged to conform a new face to extend until end of window.  By
-default only @code{region} and @code{hl-line} have this attribute set
-to @code{t}.
+Whether or not this face will be extended beyond end of line and will
+affect the display of the empty space between the end of line and the
+edge of the window.  The value should be @code{t} to display the empty
+space between end of line and edge of the window using this face, or
+@code{nil} to not use this face for the space between the end of the
+line and the edge of the window.  When Emacs merges several faces for
+displaying the empty space beyond end of line, only those faces with
+@code{:extend} non-@code{nil} will be merged.  By default, only
+@code{region} and @code{hl-line} faces have this attribute set to
+@code{t}.
 
 @end table
 

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c48184aec27f95c6a17126d3bf37be8ad0585053..ff613ecd414fb65a7d57ec84f385451b09b5df5b 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -389,10 +389,11 @@ to 'completion-styles' or 'completion-category-overrides' to use it.
 
 +++
 ** New face attribute ':extend' to control face extension at EOL.
-There is a new face attribute :extend to use the face attributes to
-extend after the end of the line until the end of the window.  Such
-:extend is set to nil by default in all faces except for 'hl-line' and
-'region' because those extend until the end of the window by default.
+The new face attribute ':extend' controls whether to use the face for
+displaying the empty space beyond end of line (EOL) till the edge of
+the window.  By default, this attribute is non-nil only for 'region'
+and 'hl-line' faces; any other face that crosses end of line will not
+affect the display of the empty space at EOL.
 
 ** Connection-local variables