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diff --git a/doc/emacs/mule.texi b/doc/emacs/mule.texi
index 7b3cb9d3e0..a622722f1c 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ to make sure Emacs interprets keyboard input correctly; see
 * Fontsets::                Fontsets are collections of fonts
                               that cover the whole spectrum of characters.
 * Defining Fontsets::       Defining a new fontset.
+* Modifying Fontsets::      Modifying an existing fontset.
 * Undisplayable Characters:: When characters don't display.
 * Unibyte Mode::            You can pick one European character set
                               to use without multibyte characters.
@@ -1355,11 +1356,8 @@ The default fontset is most likely to have fonts for a wide variety of
 non-@acronym{ASCII} characters and is the default fallback for the
 other two fontsets, and if you set a default font rather than fontset.
 However it does not specify font family names, so results can be
-somewhat random if you use it directly.  The standard fontset merely
-falls back on the default fontset without defining any modifications
-of its own, and is defined for backwards compatibility. You can
-specify use of the standard fontset with the @samp{-fn} option.  For
-example,
+somewhat random if you use it directly.  You can specify use of a
+specific fontset with the @samp{-fn} option.  For example,
 
 @example
 emacs -fn fontset-standard
@@ -1369,6 +1367,11 @@ emacs -fn fontset-standard
 You can also specify a fontset with the @samp{Font} resource (@pxref{X
 Resources}).
 
+  If no fontset is specified for use, then Emacs uses an
+@acronym{ASCII} font, with @samp{fontset-default} as a fallback for
+characters the font does not cover.  The standard fontset is only used if
+explicitly requested, despite its name.
+
   A fontset does not necessarily specify a font for every character
 code.  If a fontset specifies no font for a certain character, or if it
 specifies a font that does not exist on your system, then it cannot