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-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/options.yo5
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3a215e404..8cba5b571 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2017-03-21  Peter Stephenson  <p.stephenson@samsung.com>
 
+	* 40875 (Martin Krafft): change description of REC_EXACT option.
+
 	* 40821: Test/V11db_gdbm.ztst: Note this contains UTF-8
 	characters and fix name.
 
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
index 84148941b..1f8d98b80 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
@@ -395,8 +395,9 @@ pindex(RECEXACT)
 pindex(NORECEXACT)
 cindex(completion, exact matches)
 item(tt(REC_EXACT) (tt(-S)))(
-In completion, recognize exact matches even
-if they are ambiguous.
+If the string on the command line exactly matches one of the possible
+completions, it is accepted, even if there is another completion (i.e. that
+string with something else added) that also matches.
 )
 enditem()