expanding `yes-or-no-' signals an error because `-' is not part of a word;
but expanding `yes-or-no' looks for a word starting with `no'.
-The recommended value is \"\\\\sw\\\\|\\\\s_\"."
+The recommended value is nil, which will make dabbrev default to
+using \"\\\\sw\\\\|\\\\s_\"."
:type '(choice (const nil)
regexp)
:group 'dabbrev)