(defvar and asterisk): Minor rephrasing.

diff --git a/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog b/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog
index f0c75f1743cbf7c93042d45b2c13f23394d71cdd..2b5bd55b59e5e8799377debdb82de51663f4a811 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-07-06  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+       * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (defvar and asterisk): Minor rephrasing.
+
 2009-06-14  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
        * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (edebug): Fix typo.

diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
index 996fd3d58fea5d149250adcad49d34ce2e6b1e2b..b528150097da422f9e7ee2b37647c71f781fd6e6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
+++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
@@ -9465,9 +9465,9 @@ the Customization commands.  (@xref{defcustom, , Specifying Variables
 using @code{defcustom}}.)
 
 When you specified a variable using the @code{defvar} special form,
-you could distinguish a readily settable variable from others by
-typing an asterisk, @samp{*}, in the first column of its documentation
-string.  For example:
+you could distinguish a variable that a user might want to change from
+others by typing an asterisk, @samp{*}, in the first column of its
+documentation string.  For example:
 
 @smallexample
 @group