diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
index 5191bb2918d..8aee3380b71 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
@@ -471,7 +471,9 @@ collection of one or more files that a VC operation acts on.  When you
 type VC commands in a buffer visiting a version-controlled file, the
 VC fileset is simply that one file.  When you type them in a VC
 Directory buffer, and some files in it are marked, the VC fileset
-consists of the marked files (@pxref{VC Directory Mode}).
+consists of the marked files (@pxref{VC Directory Mode}).  The VC
+fileset also consists of the marked files in a Dired buffer
+(@pxref{Dired}).
 
   On modern changeset-based version control systems (@pxref{VCS
 Changesets}), VC commands handle multi-file VC filesets as a group.
@@ -840,7 +842,7 @@ details.
 
   If you invoke @kbd{C-x v =} or @kbd{C-u C-x v =} from a Dired buffer
 (@pxref{Dired}), the file listed on the current line is treated as the
-current VC fileset.
+current VC fileset.  The VC fileset can also include several marked files.
 
 @ifnottex
 @findex vc-ediff
@@ -1009,7 +1011,7 @@ and the maximum number of revisions to display.
 
   If you call @kbd{C-x v l} from a VC Directory buffer (@pxref{VC
 Directory Mode}) or a Dired buffer (@pxref{Dired}), it applies to the
-file listed on the current line.
+file listed on the current line or to all the marked files.
 
 @kindex C-x v L
 @findex vc-print-root-log