-Dired displays a list of files in DIRNAME (which may also have
-shell wildcards appended to select certain files). If DIRNAME is a cons,
-its first element is taken as the directory name and the rest as an explicit
-list of files to make directory entries for.
+
+If DIRNAME is a string, Dired displays a list of files in DIRNAME (which
+may also have shell wildcards appended to select certain files).
+
+If DIRNAME is a cons, its first element is taken as the directory name
+and the rest as an explicit list of files to make directory entries for.
+In this case, SWITCHES are applied to each of the files separately, and
+therefore switches that control the order of the files in the produced
+listing have no effect.
+