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@@ -433,7 +433,10 @@ Expands to the most recent, preceding word for which this is a prefix.
If no suitable preceding word is found, words following point are
considered. If still no suitable word is found, then look in the
buffers accepted by the function pointed out by variable
-`dabbrev-friend-buffer-function'.
+`dabbrev-friend-buffer-function', if `dabbrev-check-other-buffers'
+says so. Then, if `dabbrev-check-all-buffers' is non-nil, look in
+all the other buffers, subject to constraints specified
+by `dabbrev-ignored-buffer-names' and `dabbrev-ignored-regexps'.
A positive prefix argument, N, says to take the Nth backward *distinct*
possibility. A negative argument says search forward.