More Emacs 24.3 documentation updates.

[gnu-emacs] / doc / emacs / package.texi

diff --git a/doc/emacs/package.texi b/doc/emacs/package.texi
index 4435590536fe3501467fff4ecde6a0e8ff97bc28..df87cf9cb233e1976bfcc66ae944adb13ae3dd23 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/package.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/package.texi
@@ -62,8 +62,12 @@ The package's status---normally one of @samp{available} (can be
 downloaded from the package archive), @samp{installed}, or
 @samp{built-in} (included in Emacs by default).
 
-In some instances, the status can be @samp{held}, @samp{disabled}, or
-@samp{obsolete}.  @xref{Package Installation}.
+The status can also be @samp{new}.  This is equivalent to
+@samp{available}, except that it means the package became newly
+available on the package archive after your last invocation of
+@kbd{M-x list-packages}.  In other instances, a package may have the
+status @samp{held}, @samp{disabled}, or @samp{obsolete}.
+@xref{Package Installation}.
 
 @item
 A short description of the package.