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diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el index 2506c4a59a8..91dee30b218 100644 --- a/lisp/simple.el +++ b/lisp/simple.el @@ -5517,13 +5517,13 @@ after C-u \\[set-mark-command]." :group 'editing-basics) (defun set-mark-command (arg) - "Set the mark where point is, or jump to the mark. + "Set the mark where point is, and activate it; or jump to the mark. Setting the mark also alters the region, which is the text between point and mark; this is the closest equivalent in Emacs to what some editors call the \"selection\". With no prefix argument, set the mark at point, and push the -old mark position on local mark ring. Also push the old mark on +old mark position on local mark ring. Also push the new mark on global mark ring, if the previous mark was set in another buffer. When Transient Mark Mode is off, immediately repeating this |