# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1439312159 25200
# Node ID 97edbce9b975166eb7362632f7925284db149b0c
# Parent  8fcbb55745efb79383fb111af06a6644d4b477b4
doc: Clarify that ARCH argument to fread overrides ARCH arg to fopen.

* file-io.cc (Ffread): Clarify that ARCH argument to fread overrides ARCH arg
to fopen.

diff --git a/libinterp/corefcn/file-io.cc b/libinterp/corefcn/file-io.cc
--- a/libinterp/corefcn/file-io.cc
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/file-io.cc
@@ -1609,7 +1609,12 @@
 IEEE little endian.\n\
 @end table\n\
 \n\
+If no @var{arch} is given the value used in the call to @code{fopen} which\n\
+created the file descriptor is used.  Otherwise, the value specified with\n\
+@code{fread} overrides that of @code{fopen} and determines the data format.\n\
+\n\
 The output argument @var{val} contains the data read from the file.\n\
+\n\
 The optional return value @var{count} contains the number of elements read.\n\
 @seealso{fwrite, fgets, fgetl, fscanf, fopen}\n\
 @end deftypefn")