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2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f7ca7697c..5446378ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2016-07-22  Daniel Shahaf  <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name>
 
+	* users/21779: Doc/Zsh/expn.yo: Clarify documentation of the
+	':a' word modifier.
+
 	* 38890: Completion/Zsh/Function/_add-zle-hook-widget,
 	Completion/Zsh/Function/_add-zsh-hook: _add-zle-hook-widget:
 	New completion.
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
index c5f3c00d3..0ed320bb4 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
@@ -219,9 +219,12 @@ noted.
 startitem()
 item(tt(a))(
 Turn a file name into an absolute path:  prepends the current directory,
-if necessary, and resolves any use of `tt(..)' and `tt(.)' in the path.
-Note that the transformation takes place even if the file or any
-intervening directories do not exist.
+if necessary; remove `tt(.)' path segments; and remove `tt(..)' path segments
+and the segments that immediately precede them.
+
+This transformation is agnostic of the filesystem: `tt(/foo/bar/../baz)' shall
+always be transformed to `tt(/foo/baz)', regardless of whether `tt(/foo)'
+exists or what kind of object (dir, file, symlink, etc.) it is.
 )
 item(tt(A))(
 Turn a file name into an absolute path as the `tt(a)' modifier does, and