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-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi3
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/dired.texi5
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi b/doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi
index 5f400a2399a..4e2e92c776b 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/abbrevs.texi
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ batch mode. @xref{Initial Options}, for a description of batch mode.)
any of them, whenever it offers to save all files (for @kbd{C-x s} or
@kbd{C-x C-c}). It saves them in the file specified by
@code{abbrev-file-name}. This feature can be inhibited by setting the
-variable @code{save-abbrevs} to @code{nil}.
+variable @code{save-abbrevs} to @code{nil}; setting it to
+@code{silently} will save the abbrevs automatically without asking.
@findex insert-abbrevs
@findex define-abbrevs
diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
index 9348ef5042d..6a83f42b82e 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ optionally some of its subdirectories as well. You can use the normal
Emacs commands to move around in this buffer, and special Dired
commands to operate on the listed files.
- The Dired buffer is read-only, and inserting text in it is not
-allowed. Ordinary printing characters such as @kbd{d} and @kbd{x} are
+ The Dired buffer is normally read-only, and inserting text in it is
+not allowed (however, the Wdired mode allows that, @pxref{Wdired}).
+Ordinary printing characters such as @kbd{d} and @kbd{x} are
redefined for special Dired commands. Some Dired commands @dfn{mark}
or @dfn{flag} the @dfn{current file} (that is, the file on the current
line); other commands operate on the marked files or on the flagged