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-rw-r--r--src/buffer.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 51c36de0c6b..493312b52bf 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -5803,11 +5803,14 @@ you probably should set this to -2 in that buffer. */);
DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("selective-display", &BVAR (current_buffer, selective_display),
Qnil,
doc: /* Non-nil enables selective display.
+
An integer N as value means display only lines
that start with less than N columns of space.
+
A value of t means that the character ^M makes itself and
all the rest of the line invisible; also, when saving the buffer
-in a file, save the ^M as a newline. */);
+in a file, save the ^M as a newline. This usage is obsolete; use
+overlays or text properties instead. */);
DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("selective-display-ellipses",
&BVAR (current_buffer, selective_display_ellipses),