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diff --git a/lisp/desktop.el b/lisp/desktop.el
index 26d288bf9cd..4bb6fba3532 100644
--- a/lisp/desktop.el
+++ b/lisp/desktop.el
@@ -942,12 +942,13 @@ Frames with a non-nil `desktop-dont-save' parameter are not saved."
:predicate #'desktop--check-dont-save))))
;;;###autoload
-(defun desktop-save (dirname &optional release auto-save)
+(defun desktop-save (dirname &optional release only-if-changed)
"Save the desktop in a desktop file.
Parameter DIRNAME specifies where to save the desktop file.
Optional parameter RELEASE says whether we're done with this desktop.
-If AUTO-SAVE is non-nil, compare the saved contents to the one last saved,
-and don't save the buffer if they are the same."
+If ONLY-IF-CHANGED is non-nil, compare the current desktop information
+to that in the desktop file, and if the desktop information has not
+changed since it was last saved then do not rewrite the file."
(interactive (list
;; Or should we just use (car desktop-path)?
(let ((default (if (member "." desktop-path)
@@ -1020,7 +1021,7 @@ and don't save the buffer if they are the same."
(setq default-directory desktop-dirname)
;; When auto-saving, avoid writing if nothing has changed since the last write.
- (let* ((beg (and auto-save
+ (let* ((beg (and only-if-changed
(save-excursion
(goto-char (point-min))
;; Don't check the header with changing timestamp