-Emacs's standard method for making buffer names unique adds @samp{<2>},
-@samp{<3>}, etc. to the end of (all but one of) the buffers. The
-Uniquify package replaces that behavior, for buffers visiting files and
-dired buffers. It implements a uniquification that adds parts of the
-file name until the buffer names are unique. For instance, buffers
-visiting @file{/u/mernst/tmp/Makefile} and
-@file{/usr/projects/zaphod/Makefile} would be named @samp{tmp/Makefile}
-and @samp{zaphod/Makefile}, respectively (instead of @samp{Makefile}
-and @samp{Makefile<2>}). You can turn on this mode and select other
-buffer name styles by customizing the user option
-@code{uniquify-buffer-name-style}. The command @kbd{M-x
-toggle-uniquify-buffer-names} can also be used to toggle the mode.
-
-@node BS
-@subsection BS Mode: Configurable Buffer Menus
+ When several buffers visit identically-named files, Emacs must give
+the buffers distinct names. The usual method for making buffer names
+unique adds @samp{<2>}, @samp{<3>}, etc. to the end of the buffer
+names (all but one of them).
+
+@vindex uniquify-buffer-name-style
+ Other methods work by adding parts of each file's directory to the
+buffer name. To select one, customize the variable
+@code{uniquify-buffer-name-style} (@pxref{Easy Customization}).
+
+ For instance, the @code{forward} naming method puts part of the
+directory name at the beginning of the buffer name; using this method,
+buffers visiting @file{/u/mernst/tmp/Makefile} and
+@file{/usr/projects/zaphod/Makefile} would be named
+@samp{tmp/Makefile} and @samp{zaphod/Makefile}, respectively (instead
+of @samp{Makefile} and @samp{Makefile<2>}).
+
+ By contrast, the @code{post-forward} naming method would call the
+buffers @samp{Makefile|tmp} and @samp{Makefile|zaphod}, and the
+@code{reverse} naming method would call them @samp{Makefile\tmp} and
+@samp{Makefile\zaphod}. The nontrivial difference between
+@code{post-forward} and @code{reverse} occurs when just one directory
+name is not enough to distinguish two files; then @code{reverse} puts
+the directory names in reverse order, so that @file{/top/middle/file}
+becomes @samp{file\middle\top}, while @code{post-forward} puts them in
+forward order after the file name, as in @samp{file|top/middle}.
+
+ Which rule to follow for putting the directory names in the buffer
+name is not very important if you are going to @emph{look} at the
+buffer names before you type one. But as an experienced user, if you
+know the rule, you won't have to look. And then you may find that one
+rule or another is easier for you to remember and utilize fast.