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diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el index 5e44677b0f8..abb59a674e3 100644 --- a/lisp/replace.el +++ b/lisp/replace.el @@ -490,12 +490,13 @@ If `replace-lax-whitespace' is non-nil, a space or spaces in the string to be replaced will match a sequence of whitespace chars defined by the regexp in `search-whitespace-regexp'. -In Transient Mark mode, if the mark is active, operate on the contents -of the region. Otherwise, operate from point to the end of the buffer. - Third arg DELIMITED (prefix arg if interactive), if non-nil, means replace only matches surrounded by word boundaries. -Fourth and fifth arg START and END specify the region to operate on. + +Operates on the region between START and END (if both are nil, from point +to the end of the buffer). Interactively, if Transient Mark mode is +enabled and the mark is active, operates on the contents of the region; +otherwise from point to the end of the buffer. Use \\<minibuffer-local-map>\\[next-history-element] \ to pull the last incremental search string to the minibuffer |