</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
- <para>Once you've made the necessary edits, simply click 'Save' and if
- you have the <link linkend="dontmerge">dontmerge</link> system
- preference set to 'Do' the next time the <link linkend="mergeauthcron">merge_authorities.pl cronjob</link> runs it
- will update all of the bib records that use that authority.</para>
+ <para>Once you've made the necessary edits, simply click 'Save' and <link
+ linkend="dontmerge">dontmerge</link> is set to 'Do', Koha will immediately update all of
+ the bib records linked to the authority with the new authority record's data. If dontmerge
+ is set to "Don't" then Koha won't edit bib records when changes are made to authorities,
+ rather, this is done later by the <link linkend="mergeauthcron">merge_authority.pl
+ cronjob</link>.</para>
<para>To delete an authority record you first must make sure it's not
linked to any bibliographic records. If it is not used by any