Improve documentation of query-replace-from-to-separator

* doc/emacs/search.texi (Query Replace): Document the meaning of
the nil value of query-replace-from-to-separator.  (Bug#25482)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/search.texi b/doc/emacs/search.texi
index 77baae2a8f7baddb306b38e84fdb940093104cc0..905df025d290e7997cc003192fe8a92de5bd6c4a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/search.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/search.texi
@@ -1527,7 +1527,9 @@ replacements in the form @samp{@var{from} -> @var{to}}, where
 @var{from} is the search pattern, @var{to} is its replacement, and the
 separator between them is determined by the value of the variable
 @code{query-replace-from-to-separator}.  Type @key{RET} to select the
-desired replacement.
+desired replacement.  If the value of this variable is @code{nil},
+replacements are not added to the command history, and cannot be
+reused.
 
 @cindex faces for highlighting query replace
 @cindex query-replace face