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master d855f1c3f9c: ; Fix recent changes in documentation


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: master d855f1c3f9c: ; Fix recent changes in documentation
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 05:59:34 -0400 (EDT)

branch: master
commit d855f1c3f9c488f48694fe63bbc49d66d775c16c
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

    ; Fix recent changes in documentation
    
    * doc/lispref/markers.texi (Information from Markers):
    * etc/NEWS: Improve description of 'marker-last-position'.
---
 doc/lispref/markers.texi | 5 +++--
 etc/NEWS                 | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/lispref/markers.texi b/doc/lispref/markers.texi
index 28ad0ff73c0..a13edb02ae6 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/markers.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/markers.texi
@@ -285,9 +285,10 @@ This function returns the position that @var{marker} 
points to, or
 
 @defun marker-last-position marker
 This function returns the last known position of @var{marker} in its
-buffer.  It behaves like @code{marker-position} with one exception: If
+buffer.  It behaves like @code{marker-position} with one exception: if
 the buffer of @var{marker} has been killed, it returns the last position
-of @var{marker} in that buffer before it was killed.
+of @var{marker} in that buffer before the buffer was killed, instead of
+returning @code{nil}.
 @end defun
 
 @defun marker-buffer marker
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 8cad9412def..50f0ee4a1aa 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1817,8 +1817,9 @@ It returns the name of a buffer before the last time it 
was renamed or
 killed.
 
 ** New primitive 'marker-last-position'.
-It returns the last position of MARKER in its buffer even if that buffer
-has been killed.
+It returns the last position of a marker in its buffer even if that
+buffer has been killed.  ('marker-position' would return nil in that
+case.)
 
 
 ** Functions and variables to transpose sexps



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