From: Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:00:51 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: ~ description fixes from rms
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~ description fixes from rms
---

diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index f70919a0287..86682233230 100644
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-04-28  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+	* files.texi (File Names): Fixes to ~ description on MS systems.
+
 2007-04-28  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
 
 	* emacs.texi: Improve line breaks on copyright page,
diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
index 16acf241433..588fe4cae0b 100644
--- a/man/files.texi
+++ b/man/files.texi
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ first slash in the double slash; the result is @samp{/x1/rms/foo}.
 or @file{~@var{user-id}/} to mean the home directory of a user whose
 login name is @code{user-id}@footnote{
 On MS-Windows and MS-DOS systems, where a user doesn't have a home
-directory, Emacs substitutes @file{~/} with the value of the
-environment variable @code{HOME}; see @ref{General Variables}.  The
-@file{~@var{user-id}/} construct is supported on those systems only
+directory, Emacs replaces @file{~/} with the value of the
+environment variable @code{HOME}; see @ref{General Variables}.  On
+these systems, the @file{~@var{user-id}/} construct is supported only
 for the current user, i.e., only if @var{user-id} is the current
 user's login name.}.