# HG changeset patch
# User Greg Ward <greg-hg@gerg.ca>
# Date 1281790653 -7200
# Node ID 8f40125a0ed86bc1755334af705b755acf718dc2
# Parent  85de44ae023852ae95edb1519b1f201663235870
commit: explicitly document the existence of "last-message.txt"

diff -r 85de44ae0238 -r 8f40125a0ed8 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Sat Aug 14 01:31:57 2010 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Sat Aug 14 14:57:33 2010 +0200
@@ -739,8 +739,10 @@
     If you are committing the result of a merge, do not provide any
     filenames or -I/-X filters.
 
-    If no commit message is specified, the configured editor is
-    started to prompt you for a message.
+    If no commit message is specified, Mercurial starts your
+    configured editor where you can enter a message. In case your
+    commit fails, you will find a backup of your message in
+    ``.hg/last-message.txt``.
 
     See :hg:`help dates` for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.