Note that this merely overrides the value of
@file{user-emacs-directory}, the directory which Emacs usually
determines as side effect of searching for your init file (@pxref{Find
-Init}), but does not change the search for the init file. In
-particular, if there's no init file in the directory named by this
-option, Emacs will find and use the init file it would have used without
-this option (but will search for your other per-user Emacs files in the
-directory specified by this option). If you want to force Emacs to use
-the init file in this directory, make sure it exists there before
-starting Emacs with this option.
+Init}), but does not change the search for the @file{~/.emacs} init
+file. In particular, if there's no @file{init.el} file in the directory
+named by this option, Emacs will find and use @file{init.el} it would
+have used without this option (but will search for your other per-user
+Emacs files in the directory specified by this option). If you want to
+force Emacs to use @file{init.el} file in this directory, make sure it
+exists there before starting Emacs with this option.
@item --no-splash
@opindex --no-splash