--- a/man/lispref/backups.texi	Mon Aug 13 11:35:05 2007 +0200
+++ b/man/lispref/backups.texi	Mon Aug 13 11:36:19 2007 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c This is part of the XEmacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 
+@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c See the file lispref.texi for copying conditions.
 @setfilename ../../info/backups.info
 @node Backups and Auto-Saving, Buffers, Files, Top
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@
 
 @smallexample
 @group
-(add-hook 'rmail-mode-hook 
+(add-hook 'rmail-mode-hook
           (function (lambda ()
-                      (make-local-variable 
+                      (make-local-variable
                        'make-backup-files)
                       (setq make-backup-files nil))))
 @end group
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 @subsection Backup by Renaming or by Copying?
 @cindex backup files, how to make them
 
-  There are two ways that XEmacs can make a backup file: 
+  There are two ways that XEmacs can make a backup file:
 
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 
 Some file comparison commands use this function so that they can
 automatically compare a file with its most recent backup.
-@end defun 
+@end defun
 
 @node Auto-Saving
 @section Auto-Saving
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
 correspondingly.
 @end defun
 
-@defun make-auto-save-file-name
+@defun make-auto-save-file-name &optional filename
 This function returns the file name to use for auto-saving the current
 buffer.  This is just the file name with hash marks (@samp{#}) appended
 and prepended to it.  This function does not look at the variable
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
 of the file with the @code{revert-buffer} command.  @xref{Reverting, ,
 Reverting a Buffer, emacs, The XEmacs Reference Manual}.
 
-@deffn Command revert-buffer &optional check-auto-save noconfirm
+@deffn Command revert-buffer &optional check-auto-save noconfirm preserve-modes
 This command replaces the buffer text with the text of the visited
 file on disk.  This action undoes all changes since the file was visited
 or saved.
@@ -597,6 +597,10 @@
 the buffer; but if the argument @var{noconfirm} is non-@code{nil},
 @code{revert-buffer} does not ask for confirmation.
 
+Optional third argument @var{preserve-modes} non-@code{nil} means don't
+alter the files modes.  Normally we reinitialize them using
+@code{normal-mode}.
+
 Reverting tries to preserve marker positions in the buffer by using the
 replacement feature of @code{insert-file-contents}.  If the buffer
 contents and the file contents are identical before the revert