From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 18:48:14 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: * lisp/files.el (user-emacs-directory-warning): Clarify docstring.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-28.0.90~102
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=261367781b8f4dcbd58fff2f7a99cd8fb4581e65;p=emacs.git

* lisp/files.el (user-emacs-directory-warning): Clarify docstring.
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diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 20690742d3b..32b7faa43d0 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -1059,8 +1059,10 @@ the function needs to examine, starting with FILE."
     (if root (file-name-as-directory root))))
 
 (defcustom user-emacs-directory-warning t
-  "Non-nil means warn if cannot access `user-emacs-directory'.
-Set this to nil at your own risk..."
+  "Non-nil means warn if unable to access or create `user-emacs-directory'.
+Set this to nil at your own risk, as it might lead to data loss
+when Emacs tries to write something to a non-existent or
+inaccessible location."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'initialization
   :version "24.4")