--- a/man/lispref/files.texi	Mon Aug 13 09:30:13 2007 +0200
+++ b/man/lispref/files.texi	Mon Aug 13 09:31:12 2007 +0200
@@ -1567,8 +1567,7 @@
 @defun file-relative-name filename &optional directory
 This function does the inverse of expansion---it tries to return a
 relative name that is equivalent to @var{filename} when interpreted
-relative to @var{directory}.  (If such a relative name would be longer
-than the absolute name, it returns the absolute name instead.)
+relative to @var{directory}.
 
 @c XEmacs feature?
 If @var{directory} is @code{nil} or omitted, the value of
@@ -1578,7 +1577,7 @@
 (file-relative-name "/foo/bar" "/foo/")
      @result{} "bar")
 (file-relative-name "/foo/bar" "/hack/")
-     @result{} "/foo/bar")
+     @result{} "../foo/bar")
 @end example
 @end defun