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diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 3005ca320e..c3b2be7c5f 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -4644,7 +4644,8 @@ DEFUN ("write-region", Fwrite_region, Swrite_region, 3, 7,
When called from a program, requires three arguments:
START, END and FILENAME. START and END are normally buffer positions
specifying the part of the buffer to write.
-If START is nil, that means to use the entire buffer contents.
+If START is nil, that means to use the entire buffer contents; END is
+ignored.
If START is a string, then output that string to the file
instead of any buffer contents; END is ignored.