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diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
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@@ -933,9 +933,10 @@ front and rear of the visited file name. Thus, a buffer visiting file
@file{foo.c} is auto-saved in a file @file{#foo.c#}. Most buffers that
are not visiting files are auto-saved only if you request it explicitly;
when they are auto-saved, the auto-save file name is made by appending
-@samp{#%} to the front and @samp{#} to the rear of buffer name. For
+@samp{#} to the front and rear of buffer name, then
+adding digits and letters at the end for uniqueness. For
example, the @samp{*mail*} buffer in which you compose messages to be
-sent is auto-saved in a file named @file{#%*mail*#}. Auto-save file
+sent might auto-saved in a file named @file{#*mail*#704juu}. Auto-save file
names are made this way unless you reprogram parts of Emacs to do
something different (the functions @code{make-auto-save-file-name} and
@code{auto-save-file-name-p}). The file name to be used for auto-saving