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Documentation (was Re: _describe bug?)
While we are on the subject, the documentation for compdescribe is wildly
inaccurate.
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/mod_computil.yo b/Doc/Zsh/mod_computil.yo
index 593f85a..af537c9 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/mod_computil.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/mod_computil.yo
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ arguments are like the definition arguments to tt(_describe) itself.
Once tt(compdescribe) has been called with either the tt(-i) or the
tt(-I) option, it can be repeatedly called with the tt(-g) option and
-the names of five arrays as its arguments. This will step through the
-different sets of matches and store the options in the first array,
-the strings with descriptions in the second, the matches for these in
-the third, the strings without descriptions in the fourth, and the
-matches for them in the fifth array. These are then directly given to
-tt(compadd) to register the matches with the completion code.
+the names of four parameters as its arguments. This will step through
+the different sets of matches and store the value of tt(compstate[list])
+in the first scalar, the options for tt(compadd) in the second array,
+the matches in the third array, and the strings to be displayed in the
+completion listing in the fourth array. The arrays may then be directly
+given to tt(compadd) to register the matches with the completion code.
)
findex(compfiles)
item(tt(compfiles))(
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