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diff --git a/doc/lispref/syntax.texi b/doc/lispref/syntax.texi index 19782d0fbde..d5a7eba13fe 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/syntax.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/syntax.texi @@ -331,10 +331,10 @@ alternative ``c'' comment style. For a two-character comment delimiter, @samp{c} on either character makes it of style ``c''. @item -@samp{n} on a comment delimiter character specifies -that this kind of comment can be nested. For a two-character -comment delimiter, @samp{n} on either character makes it -nestable. +@samp{n} on a comment delimiter character specifies that this kind of +comment can be nested. Inside such a comment, only comments of the +same style will be recognized. For a two-character comment delimiter, +@samp{n} on either character makes it nestable. @cindex comment style Emacs supports several comment styles simultaneously in any one syntax @@ -899,9 +899,10 @@ The depth starts at 0, or at whatever is given in @var{state}. If the fourth argument @var{stop-before} is non-@code{nil}, parsing stops when it comes to any character that starts a sexp. If @var{stop-comment} is non-@code{nil}, parsing stops when it comes to the -start of a comment. If @var{stop-comment} is the symbol -@code{syntax-table}, parsing stops after the start of a comment or a -string, or the end of a comment or a string, whichever comes first. +start of an unnested comment. If @var{stop-comment} is the symbol +@code{syntax-table}, parsing stops after the start of an unnested +comment or a string, or the end of an unnested comment or a string, +whichever comes first. If @var{state} is @code{nil}, @var{start} is assumed to be at the top level of parenthesis structure, such as the beginning of a function |