parent directory), go to its directory header line and use this
command with a prefix argument (the value does not matter).
-To undo the killing, the undo command can be used as normally."
- ;; Returns count of killed lines. FMT="" suppresses message.
+To undo the killing, the undo command can be used as normally.
+
+This function returns the number of killed lines.
+
+FMT is a format string used for messaging the user about the
+killed lines, and defaults to \"Killed %d line%s.\" if not
+present. A FMT of \"\" will suppress the messaging."
(interactive "P")
(if arg
(if (dired-get-subdir)