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diff --git a/runtime/doc/mbyte.txt b/runtime/doc/mbyte.txt index 8189ec5b38..9086e69959 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/mbyte.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/mbyte.txt @@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ See |encoding-values| for a list of acceptable values. The result is that all the text that is used inside Vim will be in this encoding. Not only the text in the buffers, but also in registers, variables, -etc. This also means that changing the value of 'encoding' makes the existing -text invalid! The text doesn't change, but it will be displayed wrong. +etc. 'encoding' cannot be changed after startup (at latest when |vimrc| +is sourced) as changing the value later would make the existing text invalid. You can edit files in another encoding than what 'encoding' is set to. Vim will convert the file when you read it and convert it back when you write it. |