@code{other-buffer} to return. The argument can be either a buffer
itself or the name of one.
-This functions operates on each frame's @code{buffer-list} parameter as
+This function operates on each frame's @code{buffer-list} parameter as
well as the fundamental buffer list; therefore, the buffer that you bury
will come last in the value of @code{(buffer-list @var{frame})} and in
the value of @code{(buffer-list)}. In addition, it also puts the buffer
If @var{buffer-or-name} is @code{nil} or omitted, this means to bury the
current buffer. In addition, if the current buffer is displayed in the
selected window, this makes sure that the window is either deleted or
-another buffer is shown in it. More precisely, if the window is
-dedicated (@pxref{Dedicated Windows}) and there are other windows on its
-frame, the window is deleted. If the window is both dedicated and the
-only window on its frame's terminal, the function specified by
-@code{frame-auto-hide-function} (@pxref{Quitting Windows}) will deal
-with the window. If the window is not dedicated to its buffer, it calls
-@code{switch-to-prev-buffer} (@pxref{Window History}) to show another
-buffer in that window. If @var{buffer-or-name} is displayed in some
-other window, it remains displayed there.
+another buffer is shown in it. More precisely, if the selected window
+is dedicated (@pxref{Dedicated Windows}) and there are other windows on
+its frame, the window is deleted. If it is the only window on its frame
+and that frame is not the only frame on its terminal, the frame is
+``dismissed'' by calling the function specified by
+@code{frame-auto-hide-function} (@pxref{Quitting Windows}). Otherwise,
+it calls @code{switch-to-prev-buffer} (@pxref{Window History}) to show
+another buffer in that window. If @var{buffer-or-name} is displayed in
+some other window, it remains displayed there.
To replace a buffer in all the windows that display it, use
@code{replace-buffer-in-windows}, @xref{Buffers and Windows}.
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