diff --git a/lisp/view.el b/lisp/view.el
index 3d423f17480..5e6f3e2caa9 100644
--- a/lisp/view.el
+++ b/lisp/view.el
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ and disable it otherwise.  If called from Lisp, enable View mode
 if ARG is omitted or nil.
 
 When View mode is enabled, commands that do not change the buffer
-contents are available as usual.  Kill commands insert text in
-kill buffers but do not delete.  Most other commands beep and
+contents are available as usual.  Kill commands save text but
+do not delete it from the buffer.  Most other commands beep and
 tell the user that the buffer is read-only.
 
 \\<view-mode-map>