Clarify where insert-abbrevs puts point.

Clarify how C-u - M-/ searches.

diff --git a/man/abbrevs.texi b/man/abbrevs.texi
index d05d257c6ede07b6278b5ec8f11666deb3cf2d7c..55f9712ef92fffca9574f1e36b3e17353e5f12e4 100644 (file)
--- a/man/abbrevs.texi
+++ b/man/abbrevs.texi
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ variable @code{save-abbrevs} to @code{nil}.
 @findex define-abbrevs
   The commands @kbd{M-x insert-abbrevs} and @kbd{M-x define-abbrevs} are
 similar to the previous commands but work on text in an Emacs buffer.
-@kbd{M-x insert-abbrevs} inserts text into the current buffer before point,
+@kbd{M-x insert-abbrevs} inserts text into the current buffer after point,
 describing all current abbrev definitions; @kbd{M-x define-abbrevs} parses
 the entire current buffer and defines abbrevs accordingly.@refill
 
@@ -370,10 +370,12 @@ expressions.  If a buffer's name matches any of these regular
 expressions, dynamic abbrev expansion skips that buffer.
 
   A negative argument to @kbd{M-/}, as in @kbd{C-u - M-/}, says to
-search first for expansions after point, and second for expansions
-before point.  If you repeat the @kbd{M-/} to look for another
-expansion, do not specify an argument.  This tries all the expansions
-after point and then the expansions before point.
+search first for expansions after point, then other buffers, and
+consider expansions before point only as a last resort.
+
+  If you repeat the @kbd{M-/} to look for another expansion, do not
+specify an argument.  This tries all the expansions after point and
+then the expansions before point.
 
   After you have expanded a dynamic abbrev, you can copy additional
 words that follow the expansion in its original context.  Simply type