diff --git a/mercurial/help/internals/revlogs.txt b/mercurial/help/internals/revlogs.txt
--- a/mercurial/help/internals/revlogs.txt
+++ b/mercurial/help/internals/revlogs.txt
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ 12-15 (4 bytes)
 
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    Base or previous revision this revision's delta was produced against.
-   -1 means this revision holds full text (as opposed to a delta).
-   For generaldelta repos, this is the previous revision in the delta
-   chain. For non-generaldelta repos, this is the base or first
+   This revision holds full text (as opposed to a delta) if it points to
+   itself. For generaldelta repos, this is the previous revision in the
+   delta chain. For non-generaldelta repos, this is the base or first
    revision in the delta chain.
 
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