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diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 86f9e8fa0b9..2df31ccbe7e 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
2011-01-08 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+ * subr.el (y-or-n-p): Doc fix.
+
* custom.el (custom-safe-theme-files): New defcustom.
(custom-theme-load-confirm): New function.
(load-theme): Load theme using `load', confirming with
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