Re: doc string for `yank' should mention "paste"

[Richard Stallman]

    Similarly, some basic operations on the region should mention the term
    "selection" as being synonymous with "region". `M-x apropos-documentation
    region', then search for `selection' finds nothing.

How about this?

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  \\[universal-argument] \\[set-mark-command], unconditionally
  set mark where point is.
  
+ Setting the mark also creates a \"region\", which is the Emacs
+ equivalent of what is called a \"selection\" in some other editors.
+ 
  Novice Emacs Lisp programmers often try to use the mark for the wrong
  purposes.  See the documentation of `set-mark' for more information."
    (interactive "P")