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-rw-r--r--man/cmdargs.texi5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/cmdargs.texi b/man/cmdargs.texi
index 5ad61749b4e..f518fefd7ad 100644
--- a/man/cmdargs.texi
+++ b/man/cmdargs.texi
@@ -163,8 +163,9 @@ the initial Emacs frame. @xref{Display X}, for more details.
@opindex --no-window-system
@cindex disable window system
Don't communicate directly with the window system, disregarding the
-@env{DISPLAY} environment variable even if it is set. This forces Emacs
-to run as if the display were a text-only terminal.
+@env{DISPLAY} environment variable even if it is set. This means that
+Emacs uses the terminal from which it was launched for all its display
+and input.
@need 3000
@cindex batch mode