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@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@
 @node M-x, Help, Minibuffer, Top
 @chapter Running Commands by Name
 
-  The Emacs commands that are used often or that must be quick to type are
-bound to keys---short sequences of characters---for convenient use.  Other
-Emacs commands that do not need to be brief are not bound to keys; to run
-them, you must refer to them by name.  (Command bound to keys can also
-be invoked by their name.)  @xref{Key Binding}, for the description of
+  Every Emacs command has a name that you can use to run it.  Commands
+that are used often, or that must be quick to type, are also bound to
+keys---short sequences of characters---for convenient use.  You can
+run them by name if you don't remember the keys.  Other Emacs commands
+that do not need to be quick are not bound to keys; the only way to
+run them is by name.  @xref{Key Bindings}, for the description of
 how to bind commands to keys.
 
-  A command name is, by convention, made up of one or more words,
+  By convention, a command name consists of one or more words,
 separated by hyphens; for example, @code{auto-fill-mode} or
 @code{manual-entry}.  The use of English words makes the command name
-easier to remember than a key made up of obscure characters, even though
-it is more characters to type.
+easier to remember than a key made up of obscure characters, even
+though it is more characters to type.
 
 @kindex M-x
   The way to run a command by name is to start with @kbd{M-x}, type the
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ minibuffer as a @dfn{prompt} to remind you to enter the name of a
 command to be run.  @xref{Minibuffer}, for full information on the
 features of the minibuffer.
 
-  You can use completion to enter the command name.  For example, the
-command @code{forward-char} can be invoked by name by typing
+  You can use completion to enter the command name.  For example, you
+can invoke the command @code{forward-char} by name by typing either
 
 @example
 M-x forward-char @key{RET}
@@ -45,8 +46,9 @@ Note that @code{forward-char} is the same command that you invoke with
 the key @kbd{C-f}.  You can run any Emacs command by name using
 @kbd{M-x}, whether or not any keys are bound to it.
 
-  If you type @kbd{C-g} while the command name is being read, you cancel
-the @kbd{M-x} command and get out of the minibuffer, ending up at top level.
+  If you type @kbd{C-g} while the command name is being read, you
+cancel the @kbd{M-x} command and get out of the minibuffer, ending up
+at command level.
 
   To pass a numeric argument to the command you are invoking with
 @kbd{M-x}, specify the numeric argument before the @kbd{M-x}.  @kbd{M-x}
@@ -55,11 +57,10 @@ appears in the prompt while the command name is being read.
 
 @vindex suggest-key-bindings
   If the command you type has a key binding of its own, Emacs mentions
-this in the echo area, two seconds after the command finishes (if you
-don't type anything else first).  For example, if you type @kbd{M-x
+this in the echo area.  For example, if you type @kbd{M-x
 forward-word}, the message says that you can run the same command more
-easily by typing @kbd{M-f}.  You can turn off these messages by setting
-@code{suggest-key-bindings} to @code{nil}.
+easily by typing @kbd{M-f}.  You can turn off these messages by
+setting @code{suggest-key-bindings} to @code{nil}.
 
   Normally, when describing in this manual a command that is run by
 name, we omit the @key{RET} that is needed to terminate the name.  Thus
@@ -72,3 +73,7 @@ together with following arguments.
   @kbd{M-x} works by running the command
 @code{execute-extended-command}, which is responsible for reading the
 name of another command and invoking it.
+
+@ignore
+   arch-tag: b67bff53-9628-4666-b94e-eda972a7ba56
+@end ignore