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-rw-r--r--src/fileio.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 3d747581395..2a9f3dcb444 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -761,7 +761,9 @@ it returns a file name such as \"[X]Y.DIR.1\".")
DEFUN ("make-temp-name", Fmake_temp_name, Smake_temp_name, 1, 1, 0,
"Generate temporary file name (string) starting with PREFIX (a string).\n\
The Emacs process number forms part of the result,\n\
-so there is no danger of generating a name being used by another process.")
+so there is no danger of generating a name being used by another process.\n\
+In addition, this function makes an attempt to choose a name\n\
+which has no existing file.")
(prefix)
Lisp_Object prefix;
{