(define-derived-mode diff-mode fundamental-mode "Diff"
"Major mode for viewing/editing context diffs.
Supports unified and context diffs as well as (to a lesser extent)
-normal diffs.
+normal diffs. If you edit the buffer manually, diff-mode will try
+to update the hunk headers for you on-the-fly.
+
When the buffer is read-only, the ESC prefix is not necessary.
If you edit the buffer manually, diff-mode will try to update the hunk
headers for you on-the-fly.
You can also switch between context diff and unified diff with \\[diff-context->unified],
or vice versa with \\[diff-unified->context] and you can also reverse the direction of
a diff with \\[diff-reverse-direction].
-\\{diff-mode-map}"
+
+When the buffer is read-only, the Meta- modifier is not necessary
+to run the Diff mode commands:
+
+ \\{diff-mode-map}"
+
(set (make-local-variable 'font-lock-defaults) diff-font-lock-defaults)
(set (make-local-variable 'outline-regexp) diff-outline-regexp)
(set (make-local-variable 'imenu-generic-expression)