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diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index d074a55b762..393c4728422 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi @@ -569,9 +569,10 @@ Emacs carefully copies the old contents to another file, called the @dfn{backup} file, before actually saving. Emacs makes a backup for a file only the first time the file is -saved from a buffer. No matter how many times you subsequently save -the file, its backup remains unchanged. However, if you kill the -buffer and then visit the file again, a new backup file will be made. +saved from the buffer that visits it. No matter how many times you +subsequently save the file, its backup remains unchanged. However, if +you kill the buffer and then visit the file again, a new backup file +will be made. For most files, the variable @code{make-backup-files} determines whether to make backup files. On most operating systems, its default |