;;; linum.el --- display line numbers in the left margin -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
-;; Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Markus Triska <markus.triska@gmx.at>
;; Maintainer: FSF
;;;###autoload
(define-minor-mode linum-mode
- "Toggle display of line numbers in the left margin."
+ "Toggle display of line numbers in the left margin (Linum mode).
+With a prefix argument ARG, enable Linum mode if ARG is positive,
+and disable it otherwise. If called from Lisp, enable the mode
+if ARG is omitted or nil.
+
+Linum mode is a buffer-local minor mode."
:lighter "" ; for desktop.el
(if linum-mode
(progn