Some doc for defalias-fset-function

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@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ otherwise leave it unmarked.
 This happens by default if a suitable support library is found at
 build time, like libacl on GNU/Linux.  To prevent this, use the
 configure option `--disable-acl'.
+FIXME?  Should be --without-acl?
 
 ** Emacs can now be compiled with file notification support.
 This happens by default if a suitable system library is found at
@@ -468,8 +469,10 @@ if your version doesn't support that option.  See option `cfengine-cf-promises'.
 
 ** Desktop
 
-*** `desktop-auto-save-timeout' defines the number of seconds idle time
-before auto-save of the desktop.
++++
+*** `desktop-save-mode' by default now auto-saves an existing desktop file
+after `desktop-auto-save-timeout'.  To disable this, customize that option
+to nil (or zero).
 
 *** `desktop-restore-frames', enabled by default, allows saving and
 restoring the frame/window configuration (frameset).  Additional options
@@ -710,19 +713,15 @@ along with the non-SMIE indentation code.
 
 ** Remember
 
-*** The new command `remember-notes' creates a buffer that is saved on
-`kill-emacs'.  You can think of it as a *scratch* buffer whose content
-is preserved.  In fact, it was designed as a replacement for *scratch*
-buffer and can be used that way by setting `initial-buffer-choice' to
-`remember-notes' and `remember-notes-buffer-name' to "*scratch*".
-Without the second change, the *scratch* buffer will still be there
-for notes that do not need to be preserved.
++++
+*** The new command `remember-notes' creates a buffer that is saved on exit.
+You can use it as a more permanent *scratch* buffer.
 
-*** The Remember package can now store notes in separates files.
-You can use the new function `remember-store-in-files' within the
-`remember-handler-functions' option.  See `remember-data-directory'
-and `remember-directory-file-name-format' for new options related to
-this function.
++++
+*** Remember can now store notes in separate files.
+To use this, add `remember-store-in-files' to the `remember-handler-functions'
+option.  The files are saved in `remember-data-directory' using
+names specified by `remember-directory-file-name-format'.
 
 ** Rmail
 
@@ -1095,8 +1094,10 @@ treated as regexps rather than literal strings.
 Generic commands are interactive functions whose implementation can be
 selected among several alternatives, as a matter of user preference.
 
-** The `defalias-fset-function' property lets you catch `defalias'
-calls, and redirect them to your own function, instead of `fset'.
++++
+** If you give a symbol a `defalias-fset-function' property, `defalias'
+on that symbol will use the associated value as a function to call
+in place of `fset'.
 
 +++
 ** New variable `enable-dir-local-variables'.