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-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/sequences.texi8
-rw-r--r--etc/NEWS3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/sequences.texi b/doc/lispref/sequences.texi
index 53d37199bf7..4a48d62f6db 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/sequences.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/sequences.texi
@@ -957,9 +957,11 @@ contain less elements than @var{n}. @var{n} must be an integer. If
@cindex sequences, union of
@cindex union of sequences
This function returns a list of the elements that appear either in
-@var{sequence1} or @var{sequence2}. If the optional argument
-@var{function} is non-@code{nil}, it is a function of two arguments to
-use to compare elements instead of the default @code{equal}.
+@var{sequence1} or @var{sequence2}. The elements of the returned list
+are all unique, in the sense that no two elements there will compare
+equal. If the optional argument @var{function} is non-@code{nil}, it
+should be a function of two arguments to use to compare elements,
+instead of the default @code{equal}.
@example
@group
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b1ad4dd1263..b10aa3b5a7d 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -3858,7 +3858,8 @@ supporting Lisp files when 'require' is unsuitable.
+++
** New function 'seq-union'.
This function takes two sequences and returns a list of all elements
-that appear in either of them.
+that appear in either of them, with no two elements that compare equal
+appearing in the result.
+++
** New function 'syntax-class-to-char'.