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diff --git a/lisp/disp-table.el b/lisp/disp-table.el
index 19187b07628..f023c42f638 100644
--- a/lisp/disp-table.el
+++ b/lisp/disp-table.el
@@ -187,11 +187,13 @@ With prefix argument, enable European character display iff arg is positive.
Normally, this function turns off `enable-multibyte-characters'
for all Emacs buffers, because users who call this function
-probably want to edit European characters in single-byte mode.
+probably want to edit European characters in single-byte mode."
-However, if the optional argument AUTO is non-nil, this function
-does not alter `enable-multibyte-characters'.
-AUTO also specifies, in this case, the coding system for terminal output."
+ ;; If the optional argument AUTO is non-nil, this function
+ ;; does not alter `enable-multibyte-characters'.
+ ;; AUTO also specifies, in this case, the coding system for terminal output.
+ ;; The AUTO argument is meant for use by startup.el only.
+ ;; which is why it is not in the doc string.
(interactive "P")
(if (or (<= (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)
(and (null arg)