; * lisp/jit-lock.el (jit-lock-chunk-size): Doc fix.

diff --git a/lisp/jit-lock.el b/lisp/jit-lock.el
index 20c12024745942392810f97f04c0a236d5e5a2b7..6884313d1baf639a040decb67b520afdcf1f9c26 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/jit-lock.el
+++ b/lisp/jit-lock.el
@@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ Preserves the `buffer-modified-p' state of the current buffer."
   :group 'font-lock)
 
 (defcustom jit-lock-chunk-size 1500
-  "Jit-lock fontifies chunks of at most this many characters at a time.
+  "Jit-lock asks to fontify chunks of at most this many characters at a time.
 
-This variable controls both `display-time' and stealth fontification.
+The actual size of the fontified chunk of text can be different,
+depending on what the `fontification-functions' actually decide to do.
+
+This variable controls both display-time and stealth fontifications.
 
 The optimum value is a little over the typical number of buffer
 characters which fit in a typical window."