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diff --git a/lisp/window.el b/lisp/window.el
index 58e22a2306a..c2d5b02be05 100644
--- a/lisp/window.el
+++ b/lisp/window.el
@@ -7473,8 +7473,11 @@ selected frame if `display-buffer-reuse-frames' and
terminal if either of those variables is non-nil.
If ALIST has a `previous-window' entry, the window specified by
-that entry will override any other window found by the methods
-above, even if that window never showed BUFFER before."
+that entry may override any other window found by the methods
+above, even if that window never showed BUFFER before.
+
+Avoid using the selected window if another eligible window has
+shown BUFFER before."
(let* ((alist-entry (assq 'reusable-frames alist))
(inhibit-same-window
(cdr (assq 'inhibit-same-window alist)))