@code{default-frame-alist} (@pxref{Creating Frames}). The MS-DOS
terminal doesn't support a vertical-bar cursor, so the bar cursor is
horizontal, and the @code{@var{width}} parameter, if specified by the
-frame parameters, actually determines its height. As an extension,
-the bar cursor specification can include the starting scan line of the
-cursor as well as its width, like this:
+frame parameters, actually determines its height. For this reason,
+the @code{bar} and @code{hbar} cursor types produce the same effect on
+MS-DOS. As an extension, the bar cursor specification can include the
+starting scan line of the cursor as well as its width, like this:
@example
'(cursor-type bar @var{width} . @var{start})