"\"Edit\" directory DIRNAME--delete, rename, print, etc. some files in it.
Optional second argument SWITCHES specifies the `ls' options used.
\(Interactively, use a prefix argument to be able to specify SWITCHES.)
-Dired displays a list of files in DIRNAME (which may also have
-shell wildcards appended to select certain files). If DIRNAME is a cons,
-its first element is taken as the directory name and the rest as an explicit
-list of files to make directory entries for.
+
+If DIRNAME is a string, Dired displays a list of files in DIRNAME (which
+may also have shell wildcards appended to select certain files).
+
+If DIRNAME is a cons, its first element is taken as the directory name
+and the rest as an explicit list of files to make directory entries for.
+In this case, SWITCHES are applied to each of the files separately, and
+therefore switches that control the order of the files in the produced
+listing have no effect.
+
\\<dired-mode-map>\
You can flag files for deletion with \\[dired-flag-file-deletion] and then
delete them by typing \\[dired-do-flagged-delete].