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diff --git a/lispref/searching.texi b/lispref/searching.texi index 63e4611a6e8..4f0177592f5 100644 --- a/lispref/searching.texi +++ b/lispref/searching.texi @@ -1050,10 +1050,14 @@ A positive number means to include that many lines both before and after. @section Search and Replace @cindex replacement -@defun perform-replace from-string replacements query-flag regexp-flag delimited-flag &optional repeat-count map -This function is the guts of @code{query-replace} and related commands. -It searches for occurrences of @var{from-string} and replaces some or -all of them. If @var{query-flag} is @code{nil}, it replaces all +@defun perform-replace from-string replacements start end query-flag regexp-flag delimited-flag &optional repeat-count map +This function is the guts of @code{query-replace} and related +commands. It searches for occurrences of @var{from-string} in the +text between positions @var{start} and @var{end} and replaces some or +all of them. If @var{start} is @code{nil}, point is used instead, and +the buffer's end is used for @var{end}. + +If @var{query-flag} is @code{nil}, it replaces all occurrences; otherwise, it asks the user what to do about each one. If @var{regexp-flag} is non-@code{nil}, then @var{from-string} is |