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-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/files.texi2
-rw-r--r--src/fileio.c4
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi
index bb355f1ee35..f701d683703 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/files.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi
@@ -2119,7 +2119,7 @@ backslash, or with a drive specification @samp{@var{x}:/}, where
@defun file-name-absolute-p filename
This function returns @code{t} if file @var{filename} is an absolute
-file name, @code{nil} otherwise.
+file name or begins with @samp{~}, @code{nil} otherwise.
@example
@group
diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 76ea7da0e81..fa694249cb7 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -2470,8 +2470,8 @@ This happens for interactive use with M-x. */)
DEFUN ("file-name-absolute-p", Ffile_name_absolute_p, Sfile_name_absolute_p,
1, 1, 0,
- doc: /* Return t if file FILENAME specifies an absolute file name.
-On Unix, this is a name starting with a `/' or a `~'. */)
+ doc: /* Return t if FILENAME is an absolute file name or starts with `~'.
+On Unix, absolute file names start with `/'. */)
(Lisp_Object filename)
{
CHECK_STRING (filename);