(Specify Coding): Document recode-region and recode-file-name.

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diff --git a/man/mule.texi b/man/mule.texi
index 54952fa08fa..8e31afe488f 100644
--- a/man/mule.texi
+++ b/man/mule.texi
@@ -928,6 +928,9 @@ files.
 @item C-x @key{RET} X @var{coding} @key{RET}
 Use coding system @var{coding} for transferring @emph{one}
 selection---the next one---to or from the window system.
+
+@item M-x recode-region
+Convert the region from a previous coding system to a new one.
 @end table
 
 @kindex C-x RET f
@@ -1056,6 +1059,12 @@ corresponding buffer.
   The default for translation of process input and output depends on the
 current language environment.
 
+@findex recode-region
+  If a piece of text has already been inserted into a buffer using the
+wrong coding system, you can decode it again using @kbd{M-x
+recode-region}.  This prompts you for the old coding system and the
+desired coding system, and acts on the text in the region.
+
 @vindex file-name-coding-system
 @cindex file names with non-@acronym{ASCII} characters
 @findex set-file-name-coding-system
@@ -1084,6 +1093,12 @@ these buffers under the visited file name, saving may use the wrong file
 name, or it may get an error.  If such a problem happens, use @kbd{C-x
 C-w} to specify a new file name for that buffer.
 
+@findex recode-file-name
+  If a mistake occurs when encoding a file name, use the command
+command @kbd{M-x recode-file-name} to change the file name's coding
+system.  This prompts for an existing file name, its old coding
+system, and the coding system to which you wish to convert.
+
 @vindex locale-coding-system
 @cindex decoding non-@acronym{ASCII} keyboard input on X
   The variable @code{locale-coding-system} specifies a coding system