; * doc/lispref/files.texi (Reading from Files): Fix wording.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi
index e73f53b040d..1e05153f3c0 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/files.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi
@@ -565,15 +565,15 @@ In this case, @var{visit} must be @code{nil}.  For example,
 @noindent
 inserts the characters coded by the first 500 bytes of a file.
 
-If @var{beg} or @var{end} fails to be at a character boundary, Emacs's
-character code conversion will insert one or more raw-text characters
-(@pxref{Coding System Basics}) into the buffer.  If you want to read
-part of a file this way, you are recommended to bind
-@code{coding-system-for-read} to a suitable value around the call to
-this function (@pxref{Specifying Coding Systems}), and to write Lisp
-code which will check for raw-text characters at the boundaries, read
-the rest of these characters from the file, and convert them back to
-valid characters.
+If @var{beg} or @var{end} happens to be in the middle of a character's
+multibyte sequence, Emacs's character code conversion will insert one
+or more eight-bit characters (a.k.a.@: ``raw bytes'')
+(@pxref{Character Sets}) into the buffer.  If you want to read part of
+a file this way, we recommend to bind @code{coding-system-for-read} to
+a suitable value around the call to this function (@pxref{Specifying
+Coding Systems}), and to write Lisp code which will check for raw
+bytes at the boundaries, read the entire sequence of these bytes, and
+convert them back to valid characters.
 
 If the argument @var{replace} is non-@code{nil}, it means to replace the
 contents of the buffer (actually, just the accessible portion) with the
@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@ with @code{insert-file-contents}, as long as @var{replace} and
 
 @defun insert-file-contents-literally filename &optional visit beg end replace
 This function works like @code{insert-file-contents} except that each
-byte in the file is handled separately, being converted into a
-raw-text character if needed.  It does not run
+byte in the file is handled separately, being converted into an
+eight-bit character if needed.  It does not run
 @code{after-insert-file-functions}, and does not do format decoding,
 character code conversion, automatic uncompression, and so on.
 @end defun