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diff --git a/doc/canvas.n b/doc/canvas.n
index 6a41aaf..daa7a72 100644
--- a/doc/canvas.n
+++ b/doc/canvas.n
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: canvas.n,v 1.42 2009/01/03 14:41:51 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: canvas.n,v 1.43 2009/05/05 09:18:08 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH canvas n 8.3 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -949,8 +949,8 @@ use as a replacement). The other items ignore this operation.
.TP
\fIpathName \fBscale \fItagOrId xOrigin yOrigin xScale yScale\fR
.
-Rescale all of the items given by \fItagOrId\fR in canvas coordinate
-space.
+Rescale the coordinates of all of the items given by \fItagOrId\fR in canvas
+coordinate space.
\fIXOrigin\fR and \fIyOrigin\fR identify the origin for the scaling
operation and \fIxScale\fR and \fIyScale\fR identify the scale
factors for x- and y-coordinates, respectively (a scale factor of
@@ -961,6 +961,12 @@ of \fIxScale\fR.
Similarly, each y-coordinate is adjusted to change the distance
from \fIyOrigin\fR by a factor of \fIyScale\fR.
This command returns an empty string.
+.RS
+.PP
+Note that some items have only a single pair of coordinates (e.g., text,
+images and windows) and so scaling of them by this command can only move them
+around.
+.RE
.TP
\fIpathName \fBscan\fR \fIoption args\fR
.
@@ -1903,4 +1909,5 @@ bind(n), font(n), image(n), scrollbar(n)
canvas, widget
'\" Local Variables:
'\" mode: nroff
+'\" fill-column: 78
'\" End: