documentation: Disambiguate ShaDa abbreviation

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/runtime/doc/starting.txt b/runtime/doc/starting.txt
index 0712888284..84bd70db62 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/starting.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/starting.txt
@@ -897,9 +897,11 @@ To automatically save and restore views for *.c files: >
 
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 8. The ShaDa file				*shada* *shada-file*
+
 If you exit Vim and later start it again, you would normally lose a lot of
 information.  The ShaDa file can be used to remember that information, which
-enables you to continue where you left off.
+enables you to continue where you left off.  Its name is the abbreviation of 
+SHAred DAta because it is used for sharing data between Neovim sessions.
 
 This is introduced in section |21.3| of the user manual.
 
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_21.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_21.txt
index 96797a745c..8bc208dc30 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_21.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_21.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ After editing for a while you will have text in registers, marks in various
 files, a command line history filled with carefully crafted commands.  When
 you exit Vim all of this is lost.  But you can get it back!
 
-The ShaDa file is designed to store status information:
+The ShaDa (abbreviation of SHAred DAta) file is designed to store status 
+information:
 
 	Command-line and Search pattern history
 	Text in registers