From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:10:02 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Scrolling): Correct scroll-preserve-screen-position.
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(Scrolling): Correct scroll-preserve-screen-position.
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diff --git a/man/display.texi b/man/display.texi
index b10589da576..4194e626d72 100644
--- a/man/display.texi
+++ b/man/display.texi
@@ -495,12 +495,14 @@ elsewhere; hence the strange result that @key{PAGEDOWN} runs
 @vindex scroll-preserve-screen-position
   Some users like the full-screen scroll commands to keep point at the
 same screen line.  To enable this behavior, set the variable
-@code{scroll-preserve-screen-position} to a non-@code{nil} value.  This
-mode is convenient for browsing through a file by scrolling by
-screenfuls; if you come back to the screen where you started, point goes
-back to the line where it started.  However, this mode is inconvenient
-when you move to the next screen in order to move point to the text
-there.
+@code{scroll-preserve-screen-position} to a non-@code{nil} value.  In
+this mode, when scrolling shifts point off the screen, or into the
+scrolling margins, Emacs moves point to keep the same vertical
+position within the window.  This mode is convenient for browsing
+through a file by scrolling by screenfuls; if you come back to the
+screen where you started, point goes back to the line where it
+started.  However, this mode is inconvenient when you move to the next
+screen in order to move point to the text there.
 
   Another way to do scrolling is with @kbd{C-l} with a numeric argument.
 @kbd{C-l} does not clear the screen when given an argument; it only scrolls