Be more consistent about "directory name" in manual

This clarifies the documentation, partly in response to the
discussion in Bug#27986.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
index 41899e6152f..82e7394501b 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
@@ -405,6 +405,14 @@ A directory local variable is a local variable (q.v.@:) that applies
 to all the files within a certain directory.  @xref{Directory
 Variables}.
 
+@item Directory Name
+On GNU and other Unix-like systems, directory names are strings that
+end in @samp{/}.  For example, @file{/no-such-dir/} is a directory
+name whereas @file{/tmp} is not, even though @file{/tmp} names a file
+that happens to be a directory.  On MS-DOS the relationship is more
+complicated.  @xref{Directory Names,,, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference
+Manual}.
+
 @item Dired
 Dired is the Emacs facility that displays the contents of a file
 directory and allows you to ``edit the directory'', performing
@@ -1197,7 +1205,7 @@ string or the next match for a specified regular expression.
 @xref{Search}.
 
 @item Search Path
-A search path is a list of directory names, to be used for searching for
+A search path is a list of directories, to be used for searching for
 files for certain purposes.  For example, the variable @code{load-path}
 holds a search path for finding Lisp library files.  @xref{Lisp Libraries}.