"(let ((file (read-file-name \"File: \"))) \
(list file (read-file-modes nil file)))",
doc: /* Set mode bits of file named FILENAME to MODE (an integer).
-Only the 12 low bits of MODE are used. */)
+Only the 12 low bits of MODE are used.
+
+Interactively, mode bits are read by `read-file-modes', which accepts
+symbolic notation, like GNU Coreutils do. */)
(filename, mode)
Lisp_Object filename, mode;
{