From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 13:30:10 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Update documentation of reading passwords
X-Git-Tag: emacs-27.2-rc1~13
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8f603da44c;p=emacs.git

Update documentation of reading passwords

* doc/emacs/mini.texi (Passwords): Update to match the modified
implementation.  (Bug#46902)  Add indexing.
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/mini.texi b/doc/emacs/mini.texi
index 4b3f15650c7..af9a84072cc 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/mini.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/mini.texi
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ can re-execute a command by calling @code{eval} with the
 
 @node Passwords
 @section Entering passwords
+@cindex entering passwords
 
 Sometimes, you may need to enter a password into Emacs.  For instance,
 when you tell Emacs to visit a file on another machine via a network
@@ -795,7 +796,7 @@ access to the machine (@pxref{Remote Files}).
 displays a prompt in the echo area (such as @samp{Password: }); after
 you type the required password, press @key{RET} to submit it.  To
 prevent others from seeing your password, every character you type is
-displayed as a dot (@samp{.}) instead of its usual form.
+displayed as an asterisk (@samp{*}) instead of its usual form.
 
   Most of the features and commands associated with the minibuffer
 @emph{cannot} be used when entering a password.  There is no history