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diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi index 77c4e09c826..56a46398ec6 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1985--1987, 1993--1995, 1997, 2000--2023 Free Software +@c Copyright (C) 1985--1987, 1993--1995, 1997, 2000--2024 Free Software @c Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node Dired @@ -1726,12 +1726,17 @@ rotation is lossless, and uses an external utility called @section Other Dired Features @vindex dired-free-space - By default, Dired will display the available space on the disk in -the first line. This is the @code{first} value of the -@code{dired-free-space} variable. If you set this to -@code{separate} instead, Dired will display this on a separate line -(including the space the files in the current directory takes). If -you set this to @code{nil}, the free space isn't displayed at all. + By default, Dired displays the available space on the directory's +disk on the first line of that directory's listing, following the +directory name. You can control this display by customizing the +variable @code{dired-free-space}. Its default value is @code{first}, +which produces the available space after the directory name. If you +customize it to the value @code{separate} instead, Dired will display +the disk space information on a separate line, following the line with +the directory name, and will include in that line the space used by +the files in the current directory as well as the available disk +space. If you set this to @code{nil}, the available disk space +information will not be displayed at all. @kindex + @r{(Dired)} @findex dired-create-directory |