diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
index 65edbc22e36..3eb413b4687 100644
--- a/man/files.texi
+++ b/man/files.texi
@@ -261,17 +261,17 @@ copies the file into the displayed directory.  For details, see
 you had visited an existing empty file.  If you make any changes and
 save them, the file is created.
 
-  Emacs recognizes from the contents of a file which convention it uses
-to separate lines---newline (used on GNU/Linux and on Unix),
-carriage-return linefeed (used on Microsoft systems), or just
-carriage-return (used on the Macintosh)---and automatically converts the
-contents to the normal Emacs convention, which is that the newline
-character separates lines.  This is a part of the general feature of
-coding system conversion (@pxref{Coding Systems}), and makes it possible
-to edit files imported from different operating systems with
-equal convenience.  If you change the text and save the file, Emacs
-performs the inverse conversion, changing newlines back into
-carriage-return linefeed or just carriage-return if appropriate.
+  Emacs recognizes from the contents of a file which end-of-line
+convention it uses to separate lines---newline (used on GNU/Linux and
+on Unix), carriage-return linefeed (used on Microsoft systems), or
+just carriage-return (used on the Macintosh)---and automatically
+converts the contents to the normal Emacs convention, which is that
+the newline character separates lines.  This is a part of the general
+feature of coding system conversion (@pxref{Coding Systems}), and
+makes it possible to edit files imported from different operating
+systems with equal convenience.  If you change the text and save the
+file, Emacs performs the inverse conversion, changing newlines back
+into carriage-return linefeed or just carriage-return if appropriate.
 
 @vindex find-file-run-dired
   If the file you specify is actually a directory, @kbd{C-x C-f} invokes