diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 750e3d52df3..5260196d5cd 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-10-19  Luc Teirlinck  <teirllm@auburn.edu>
+
+	* data.c (Flocal_variable_if_set_p): Doc fix.
+
 2004-10-19  Jason Rumney  <jasonr@gnu.org>
 
 	* w32.c (init_environment): Set emacs_dir correctly when running
@@ -10,7 +14,7 @@
 
 2004-10-19  Jan Dj,Ad(Brv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
 
-	* gtkutil.h (xg_update_scrollbar_pos): Remove arguments real_left 
+	* gtkutil.h (xg_update_scrollbar_pos): Remove arguments real_left
 	and canon_width.
 	(xg_frame_cleared): Removed.
 
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@
 	Move window clear to xterm.c.
 
 	* gtkutil.h (xg_frame_cleared): Removed.
-	
+
 	* xterm.c (x_clear_frame): Remove call to xg_frame_cleared
 	(x_scroll_bar_create, XTset_vertical_scroll_bar): Remove
 	arguments left and width to xg_update_scrollbar_pos.
diff --git a/src/data.c b/src/data.c
index 616e91c2d62..33b37376a49 100644
--- a/src/data.c
+++ b/src/data.c
@@ -1794,7 +1794,11 @@ BUFFER defaults to the current buffer.  */)
 
 DEFUN ("local-variable-if-set-p", Flocal_variable_if_set_p, Slocal_variable_if_set_p,
        1, 2, 0,
-       doc: /* Non-nil if VARIABLE will be local in buffer BUFFER if it is set there.
+       doc: /* Non-nil if VARIABLE will be local in buffer BUFFER when set there.
+More precisely, this means that setting the variable \(with `set' or`setq'),
+while it does not have a `let'-style binding that was made in BUFFER,
+will produce a buffer local binding.  See Info node
+`(elisp)Creating Buffer-Local'.
 BUFFER defaults to the current buffer.  */)
      (variable, buffer)
      register Lisp_Object variable, buffer;