=== modified file 'doc/emacs/maintaining.texi'
--- doc/emacs/maintaining.texi	2011-02-05 06:13:36 +0000
+++ doc/emacs/maintaining.texi	2011-04-11 15:36:35 +0000
@@ -1619,7 +1619,7 @@
 * Select Tags Table::   How to visit a tags table.
 * Find Tag::            Commands to find the definition of a specific tag.
 * Tags Search::         Using a tags table for searching and replacing.
-* List Tags::           Listing and finding tags defined in a file.
+* List Tags::           Finding tags and files listed in a tags table.
 @end menu
 
 @node Tag Syntax
@@ -2307,6 +2307,19 @@
   You can also use the collection of tag names to complete a symbol
 name in the buffer.  @xref{Symbol Completion}.
 
+If you wish to process all the files in the selected tags table, but
+not in the specific ways that @kbd{M-x tags-search} and @kbd{M-x
+tags-query-replace}  do, you can use @kbd{M-x next-file} to visit the files
+one by one.
+
+@table @kbd
+@item C-u M-x next-file
+Visit the first file in the tags table, and prepare to advance
+sequentially by files. 
+@item M-x next-file
+Visit the next file in the selected tags table.
+@end table
+
 @node EDE
 @section Emacs Development Environment
 @cindex EDE (Emacs Development Environment)

=== modified file 'lisp/progmodes/etags.el'
--- lisp/progmodes/etags.el	2011-01-02 23:50:46 +0000
+++ lisp/progmodes/etags.el	2011-04-11 15:27:25 +0000
@@ -1733,9 +1733,9 @@
 	 (with-current-buffer buffer
 	   (revert-buffer t t)))
     (if (not (and new novisit))
-	(set-buffer (find-file-noselect next novisit))
+	(switch-to-buffer (find-file-noselect next novisit))
       ;; Like find-file, but avoids random warning messages.
-      (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *next-file*"))
+      (seitch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create " *next-file*"))
       (kill-all-local-variables)
       (erase-buffer)
       (setq new next)