(Encoding and I/O): Reword to avoid saying

[bpt/emacs.git] / doc / lispref / nonascii.texi

diff --git a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi
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--- a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi
@@ -727,15 +727,15 @@ operation finishes the job of choosing a coding system.  Very often
 you will want to find out afterwards which coding system was chosen.
 
 @defvar buffer-file-coding-system
-This buffer-local variable records the coding system that was used to visit
-the current buffer.  It is used for saving the buffer, and for writing part
-of the buffer with @code{write-region}.  If the text to be written
-cannot be safely encoded using the coding system specified by this
-variable, these operations select an alternative encoding by calling
-the function @code{select-safe-coding-system} (@pxref{User-Chosen
-Coding Systems}).  If selecting a different encoding requires to ask
-the user to specify a coding system, @code{buffer-file-coding-system}
-is updated to the newly selected coding system.
+This buffer-local variable records the coding system used for saving the
+buffer and for writing part of the buffer with @code{write-region}.  If
+the text to be written cannot be safely encoded using the coding system
+specified by this variable, these operations select an alternative
+encoding by calling the function @code{select-safe-coding-system}
+(@pxref{User-Chosen Coding Systems}).  If selecting a different encoding
+requires to ask the user to specify a coding system,
+@code{buffer-file-coding-system} is updated to the newly selected coding
+system.
 
 @code{buffer-file-coding-system} does @emph{not} affect sending text
 to a subprocess.