.B \-a, \-\-alternate-editor=EDITOR
if the Emacs server is not running, run the specified editor instead.
This can also be specified via the `ALTERNATE_EDITOR' environment variable.
-If the value of EDITOR is the empty string, then Emacs is started in
-daemon mode and emacsclient will try to connect to it.
+If the value of EDITOR is the empty string, run `emacs --daemon' to
+start Emacs in daemon mode, and try to connect to it.
.TP
.B -c, \-\-create-frame
create a new frame instead of trying to use the current Emacs frame