* doc/emacs/basic.texi (Inserting Text): Minor clarification. (Bug#6374)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 900f546..5e434b5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2010-06-10  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+       * basic.texi (Inserting Text): Minor clarification.  (Bug#6374)
+
        * basic.texi (Inserting Text): Fix typo.
 
 2010-05-07  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>

diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
index a6424f0..6204fb1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ of overwriting with it.
 @vindex read-quoted-char-radix
 @noindent
 To use decimal or hexadecimal instead of octal, set the variable
-@code{read-quoted-char-radix} to 10 or 16.  If the radix is greater
-than 10, some letters starting with @kbd{a} serve as part of a
-character code, just like digits.
+@code{read-quoted-char-radix} to 10 or 16.  If the radix is 16,
+the letters @kbd{a} to @kbd{f} serve as part of a character code,
+just like digits.  Case is ignored.
 
   A numeric argument tells @kbd{C-q} how many copies of the quoted
 character to insert (@pxref{Arguments}).