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diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el index 0f65fb7fbb0..8294ab17782 100644 --- a/lisp/subr.el +++ b/lisp/subr.el @@ -2043,8 +2043,11 @@ floating point support." (defun y-or-n-p (prompt &rest args) "Ask user a \"y or n\" question. Return t if answer is \"y\". -The argument PROMPT is the string to display to ask the question. -It should end in a space; `y-or-n-p' adds `(y or n) ' to it. +The string to display to ask the question is obtained by +formatting the string PROMPT with arguments ARGS (see `format'). +The result should end in a space; `y-or-n-p' adds \"(y or n) \" +to it. + No confirmation of the answer is requested; a single character is enough. Also accepts Space to mean yes, or Delete to mean no. \(Actually, it uses the bindings in `query-replace-map'; see the documentation of that variable |