branch master updated: * doc/texinfo.texi (Info Format Cross Reference): Avoid referring to entity that is no longer in node. Do not go over examples of problematic characters in node names again.

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     new ebb61fd00a * doc/texinfo.texi (Info Format Cross Reference): Avoid 
referring to entity that is no longer in node.  Do not go over examples of 
problematic characters in node names again.
ebb61fd00a is described below

commit ebb61fd00aac4e14993aa385ff49adfd9ef38ed1
Author: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Aug 16 13:24:17 2022 +0100

    * doc/texinfo.texi (Info Format Cross Reference):
    Avoid referring to entity that is no longer in node.  Do not
    go over examples of problematic characters in node names again.
---
 ChangeLog        | 6 ++++++
 doc/texinfo.texi | 9 ++++-----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 59a9046b6c..4e0d70cbfd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2022-08-16  Gavin Smith  <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
+
+       * doc/texinfo.texi (Info Format Cross Reference):
+       Avoid referring to entity that is no longer in node.  Do not
+       go over examples of problematic characters in node names again.
+
 2022-08-16  Gavin Smith  <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
 
        * doc/texinfo.texi (Cross References Parts, Four and Five Arguments):
diff --git a/doc/texinfo.texi b/doc/texinfo.texi
index 7a604daa3c..fcef43729e 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo.texi
@@ -24081,12 +24081,11 @@ should usually be terminated with a comma or period, 
to make it
 feasible to find the end of the @t{<id>}.
 
 If @t{<label>} contains a colon character (@t{:}), it should be
-surrounded with a pair of @t{<del>} characters.  Likewise, if
-@t{<nodename>} contains problematic characters (such as commas or
-periods), it should be surrounded by a pair of @t{<del>} characters;
+surrounded with a pair of @t{<del>} characters.
+Likewise, quoting characters may be used for the node
+name if it contains problematic characters;
 then a terminating comma or period is not needed.
-
-As with node names, this quoting mechanism is not supported in all
+As stated earlier, this quoting mechanism is not supported in all
 Info-reading programs.
 
 The format does not prescribe how to find other manuals to resolve