Fixes: debbugs:17865

[bpt/emacs.git] / src / syntax.c

diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index e18db02..f245133 100644 (file)
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* GNU Emacs routines to deal with syntax tables; also word and list parsing.
-   Copyright (C) 1985, 1987, 1993-1995, 1997-1999, 2001-2013 Free
+   Copyright (C) 1985, 1987, 1993-1995, 1997-1999, 2001-2014 Free
    Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ and the function returns nil.  Field boundaries are not noticed if
 
   /* Avoid jumping out of an input field.  */
   tmp = Fconstrain_to_field (make_number (val), make_number (PT),
-                            Qt, Qnil, Qnil);
+                            Qnil, Qnil, Qnil);
   val = XFASTINT (tmp);
 
   SET_PT (val);
@@ -1532,7 +1532,8 @@ DEFUN ("skip-syntax-backward", Fskip_syntax_backward, Sskip_syntax_backward, 1,
 SYNTAX is a string of syntax code characters.
 Stop on reaching a char whose syntax is not in SYNTAX, or at position LIM.
 If SYNTAX starts with ^, skip characters whose syntax is NOT in SYNTAX.
-This function returns the distance traveled, either zero or negative.  */)
+This function returns either zero or a negative number, and the absolute value
+of this is the distance traveled.  */)
   (Lisp_Object syntax, Lisp_Object lim)
 {
   return skip_syntaxes (0, syntax, lim);