From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:15:35 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: ; * etc/NEWS: Improve 'dired-check-symlinks' entry.
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; * etc/NEWS: Improve 'dired-check-symlinks' entry.

(cherry picked from commit 48d2d616f733fc9cb92e7507ef1583473af24f32)
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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 9766e30deb7..96d82fb9458 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -276,10 +276,11 @@ changes when supplied with a universal prefix argument via 'C-u':
 ** Dired
 
 +++
-*** Dired allows to disable checks for symbolic link validity.
-Dired fontifies symbolic links in Dired buffers using the
-'file-truename' operation.  This can be slow for remote directories.
-Setting user option 'dired-check-symlinks' to nil disables these checks.
+*** New user option 'dired-check-symlinks' allows disabling validity checks.
+Dired uses 'file-truename' to check symbolic link validity when
+fontifying them, which can be slow for remote directories.  Setting
+'dired-check-symlinks' to nil disables these checks.  Defaults to t, can
+be set as a connection-local variable.
 
 
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