When you check in changes, @kbd{C-x v v} first reads a log entry. It
pops up a buffer called @samp{*VC-Log*} for you to enter the log entry.
-When you are finished, type @kbd{C-c C-c} in the @samp{*VC-Log*} buffer.
-That is when check-in really happens.
+
+Sometimes the @samp{*VC-Log*} buffer contains default text when you enter it,
+typically the last log message entered. If it does, mark and point
+are set around the entire contents of the buffer so that it is easy to
+kill the contents of the buffer with @kbd{C-w}.
+
+@findex log-edit-insert-changelog
+If you work by writing entries in the @file{ChangeLog}
+(@pxref{Change Log}) and then commit the change under revision
+control, you can generate the Log Edit text from the ChangeLog using
+@kbd{C-c C-a} (@kbd{log-edit-insert-changelog}). This looks for
+entries for the file(s) concerned in the top entry in the ChangeLog
+and uses those paragraphs as the log text. This text is only inserted
+if the top entry was made under your user name on the current date.
+@xref{Change Logs and VC}, for the opposite way of
+working---generating ChangeLog entries from the revision control log.
+
+In the @samp{*VC-Log*} buffer, @kbd{C-c C-f} (@kbd{M-x log-edit-show-files})
+shows the list of files to be committed in case you need to check
+that.
+
+When you have finished editing the log message, type @kbd{C-c C-c} to
+exit the buffer and commit the change.
To abort check-in, just @strong{don't} type @kbd{C-c C-c} in that
buffer. You can switch buffers and do other editing. As long as you