diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b295b26a065..87700d48756 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2006-07-08  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
+	* hexl.el (hexl-find-file): Doc fix.
+
 	* emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.el (define-minor-mode): Doc fix.
 
 2006-07-07  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
diff --git a/lisp/hexl.el b/lisp/hexl.el
index e2078fceecb..d753fc83017 100644
--- a/lisp/hexl.el
+++ b/lisp/hexl.el
@@ -351,8 +351,9 @@ You can use \\[hexl-find-file] to visit a file in Hexl mode.
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun hexl-find-file (filename)
-  "Edit file FILENAME in `hexl-mode'.
-Switch to a buffer visiting file FILENAME, creating one in none exists."
+  "Edit file FILENAME as a binary file in hex dump format.
+Switch to a buffer visiting file FILENAME, creating one if none exists,
+and edit the file in `hexl-mode'."
   (interactive
    (list
     (let ((completion-ignored-extensions nil))