diff --git a/runtime/doc/spell.txt b/runtime/doc/spell.txt
index a39bec9..3ffd893 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/spell.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/spell.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*spell.txt*	For Vim version 7.4.  Last change: 2013 Nov 12
+*spell.txt*	For Vim version 7.4.  Last change: 2014 Jul 02
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL	  by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -939,9 +939,10 @@
 
 If you get an E763 warning that the word tables differ you need to update your
 ".spl" spell files.  If you downloaded the files, get the latest version of
-all spell files you use.  Otherwise generate the .spl file again with
-|:mkspell|.  If you still get errors check the FOL, LOW and UPP lines in the
-used .aff files.
+all spell files you use.  If you are only using one, e.g., German, then also
+download the recent English spell files.  Otherwise generate the .spl file
+again with |:mkspell|.  If you still get errors check the FOL, LOW and UPP
+lines in the used .aff files.
 
 The XX.ascii.spl spell file generated with the "-ascii" argument will not
 contain the table with characters, so that it can be combine with spell files