From 365f9ab8653769dbe35983242746d4e46cbbf015 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:38:07 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify the doc string of 'replace-regexp-in-string' * lisp/subr.el (replace-regexp-in-string): Doc fix. (Bug#20395) --- lisp/subr.el | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el index 062c9f95d44..91176e9e805 100644 --- a/lisp/subr.el +++ b/lisp/subr.el @@ -3731,7 +3731,8 @@ REP is either a string used as the NEWTEXT arg of `replace-match' or a function. If it is a function, it is called with the actual text of each match, and its value is used as the replacement text. When REP is called, the match data are the result of matching REGEXP against a substring -of STRING. +of STRING, the same substring that is the actual text of the match which +is passed to REP as its argument. To replace only the first match (if any), make REGEXP match up to \\' and replace a sub-expression, e.g. -- 2.39.2