[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 463f96b 5/5: * doc/lispref/searching.texi: Document regexp repetition limit.

[Noam Postavsky]

branch: emacs-26
commit 463f96b4813fb77d88a7b0fa93f94aa08d71689f
Author: Noam Postavsky <address@hidden>
Commit: Noam Postavsky <address@hidden>

    * doc/lispref/searching.texi: Document regexp repetition limit.
---
 doc/lispref/searching.texi | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/lispref/searching.texi b/doc/lispref/searching.texi
index 552001e..e759967 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/searching.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/searching.texi
@@ -639,7 +639,15 @@ and nothing else.  @address@hidden@}r} matches string such 
as
 is a more general postfix operator that specifies repetition with a
 minimum of @var{m} repeats and a maximum of @var{n} repeats.  If @var{m}
 is omitted, the minimum is 0; if @var{n} is omitted, there is no
-maximum.
+maximum.  For both forms, @var{m} and @var{n}, if specified, may be no
+larger than
address@hidden
+2**15 @minus{} 1
address@hidden ifnottex
address@hidden
address@hidden
address@hidden tex
+.
 
 For example, @address@hidden,address@hidden matches the strings @samp{car},
 @samp{cdr}, @samp{caar}, @samp{cadr}, @samp{cdar}, and @samp{cddr}, and