* lisp/startup.el (initial-scratch-message):
Reword to avoid apostrophes, and to make it shorter.
See the thread starting in:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg01241.html
(put 'cursor 'face-modified t))))
(defcustom initial-scratch-message (purecopy "\
-;; This buffer is for notes you don\\='t want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.
-;; If you want to create a file, visit that file with \\[find-file],
-;; then enter the text in that file\\='s own buffer.
+;; This buffer is for text that is not saved, and for Lisp evaluation.
+;; To create a file, visit it with \\[find-file] and enter text in its buffer.
")
"Initial documentation displayed in *scratch* buffer at startup.