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@@ -4036,6 +4036,8 @@ or multiple mail buffers, etc."
(defun make-directory (dir &optional parents)
"Create the directory DIR and any nonexistent parent dirs.
+If DIR already exists as a directory, do nothing.
+
Interactively, the default choice of directory to create
is the current default directory for file names.
That is useful when you have visited a file in a nonexistent directory.