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@@ -4152,7 +4152,7 @@ or multiple mail buffers, etc."
(defun make-directory (dir &optional parents)
"Create the directory DIR and any nonexistent parent dirs.
-If DIR already exists as a directory, do nothing.
+If DIR already exists as a directory, signal an error, unless PARENTS is set.
Interactively, the default choice of directory to create
is the current default directory for file names.