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diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index 13fa516af66..7daeca3bf38 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi @@ -1267,9 +1267,12 @@ minibuffer, and displays the differences between the two files in a buffer named @file{*diff*}. This works by running the @command{diff} program, using options taken from the variable @code{diff-switches}. The value of @code{diff-switches} should be a string; the default is -@code{"-c"} to specify a context diff. @xref{Top,, Diff, diff, -Comparing and Merging Files}, for more information about the -@command{diff} program. +@code{"-c"} to specify a context diff. +@c Note that the actual name of the info file is diffutils.info, +@c but it adds a dir entry for diff too. +@c On older systems, only "info diff" works, not "info diffutils". +@xref{Top,, Diff, diff, Comparing and Merging Files}, for more +information about the @command{diff} program. The output of the @code{diff} command is shown using a major mode called Diff mode. @xref{Diff Mode}. |