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-rw-r--r--lisp/progmodes/grep.el8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/grep.el b/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
index ac12efe8cdd..2c43abfd50c 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
@@ -326,10 +326,10 @@ This variable's value takes effect when `grep-compute-defaults' is called.")
;;;###autoload
(defvar grep-find-use-xargs nil
- "Whether \\[grep-find] uses the `xargs' utility by default.
-
-If `exec', it uses `find -exec'; if `gnu', it uses `find -print0' and `xargs -0';
-if not nil and not `gnu', it uses `find -print' and `xargs'.
+ "Non-nil means that `grep-find' uses the `xargs' utility by default.
+If `exec', use `find -exec'.
+If `gnu', use `find -print0' and `xargs -0'.
+Any other non-nil value means to use `find -print' and `xargs'.
This variable's value takes effect when `grep-compute-defaults' is called.")