From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2019 18:11:48 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: ; * etc/NEWS: Fix a recently added entry.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-27.0.90~407
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f93a604ff15c18c75563622a300cfa82647a86bf;p=emacs.git

; * etc/NEWS: Fix a recently added entry.
---

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 996ef1e6bb9..8ac8ea2e409 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1268,7 +1268,13 @@ them to the 'browse-url' function, like the other protocols: 'ftp',
 'http', and 'https'.  This allows to have references to local HTML
 files, for example.
 
-*** 'Man-width-max' (80 by default) limits the number of columns on man pages.
+---
+** Display of man pages now limits the width for formatting pages.
+The new user option 'Man-width-max' (80 by default) limits the number
+of columns passed to the 'man' program for formatting man pages.  This
+is to enhance readability when man pages are displayed in very wide
+windows (which are customary with today's large displays).
+
 
 ** Xref