;;; simple.el --- basic editing commands for Emacs
;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
-;; 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: internal
(kill-region (point) (progn (forward-word arg) (point))))
(defun backward-kill-word (arg)
- "Kill characters backward until encountering the end of a word.
+ "Kill characters backward until encountering the beginning of a word.
With argument, do this that many times."
(interactive "p")
(kill-word (- arg)))