diff --git a/doc/lispref/commands.texi b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
index 427379bc79c..b6749d0a0cc 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/commands.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
@@ -1012,7 +1012,8 @@ If the last event came from a keyboard macro, the value is @code{macro}.
 sequence of text that has the @code{display} or @code{composition}
 property, or is invisible.  Therefore, after a command finishes and
 returns to the command loop, if point is within such a sequence, the
-command loop normally moves point to the edge of the sequence.
+command loop normally moves point to the edge of the sequence, making this
+sequence effectively intangible.
 
   A command can inhibit this feature by setting the variable
 @code{disable-point-adjustment}: