--- a/mercurial/help/pager.txt	Fri Jun 02 20:50:46 2017 -0300
+++ b/mercurial/help/pager.txt	Fri Jun 02 10:44:40 2017 +0200
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
   [pager]
   pager = less -FRX
 
-If no pager is set, Mercurial uses the environment variable
-$PAGER. If neither pager.pager, nor $PAGER is set, a default pager
-will be used, typically `less` on Unix and `more` on Windows.
+If no pager is set in the user or repository configuration, Mercurial uses the
+environment variable $PAGER. If $PAGER is not set, pager.pager from the default
+or system configuration is used. If none of these are set, a default pager will
+be used, typically `less` on Unix and `more` on Windows.
 
 .. container:: windows