DEFUN ("coding-system-put", Fcoding_system_put, Scoding_system_put,
3, 3, 0,
- doc: /* Change value in CODING-SYSTEM's property list PROP to VAL. */)
+ doc: /* Change value of CODING-SYSTEM's property PROP to VAL.
+
+The following properties, if set by this function, override the values
+of the corresponding attributes set by `define-coding-system':
+
+ `:mnemonic', `:default-char', `:ascii-compatible-p'
+ `:decode-translation-table', `:encode-translation-table',
+ `:post-read-conversion', `:pre-write-conversion'
+
+See `define-coding-system' for the description of these properties.
+See `coding-system-get' and `coding-system-plist' for accessing the
+property list of a coding-system. */)
(Lisp_Object coding_system, Lisp_Object prop, Lisp_Object val)
{
Lisp_Object spec, attrs;