Clarify how to enter regexps in isearch and in the miniubuffer.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/man/search.texi b/man/search.texi
index 997b1d9e921..3c6cc3539ed 100644
--- a/man/search.texi
+++ b/man/search.texi
@@ -719,12 +719,12 @@ end-of-line, a space at the end of a line, a tab, or two spaces; and a
 character set matching whitespace characters, repeated any number of
 times.
 
-  To enter the same regexp interactively, you would type @key{TAB} to
-enter a tab, and @kbd{C-j} to enter a newline.  (When typed
-interactively, @kbd{C-j} should be preceded by a @kbd{C-q}, to prevent
-Emacs from running the command bound to a newline.)  You would also type
-single backslashes as themselves, instead of doubling them for Lisp
-syntax.
+  To enter the same regexp in incremental search, you would type
+@key{TAB} to enter a tab, and @kbd{C-j} to enter a newline.  You would
+also type single backslashes as themselves, instead of doubling them
+for Lisp syntax.  In commands that use ordinary minibuffer input to
+read a regexp, you would quote the @kbd{C-j} by preceding it with a
+@kbd{C-q} to prevent @kbd{C-j} from exiting the minibuffer.
 
 @ignore
 @c I commented this out because it is missing vital information