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+ _notmuch_message_create_for_message_id\r
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+Clarify the state of the returned message when\r
+_notmuch_message_create_for_message_id returns\r
+NOTMUCH_PRIVATE_STATUS_NO_DOCUMENT_FOUND.\r
+---\r
+ lib/message.cc | 8 +++++---\r
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/lib/message.cc b/lib/message.cc\r
+index 8b17843..f8b346f 100644\r
+--- a/lib/message.cc\r
++++ b/lib/message.cc\r
+@@ -193,14 +193,16 @@ _notmuch_message_create (const void *talloc_owner,\r
+ * There is already a document with message ID 'message_id' in the\r
+ * database. The returned message can be used to query/modify the\r
+ * document.\r
++ *\r
+ * NOTMUCH_PRIVATE_STATUS_NO_DOCUMENT_FOUND:\r
+ *\r
+ * No document with 'message_id' exists in the database. The\r
+ * returned message contains a newly created document (not yet\r
+ * added to the database) and a document ID that is known not to\r
+- * exist in the database. The caller can modify the message, and a\r
+- * call to _notmuch_message_sync will add * the document to the\r
+- * database.\r
++ * exist in the database. This message is "blank"; that is, it\r
++ * contains only a message ID and no other metadata. The caller\r
++ * can modify the message, and a call to _notmuch_message_sync\r
++ * will add the document to the database.\r
+ *\r
+ * If an error occurs, this function will return NULL and *status\r
+ * will be set as appropriate. (The status pointer argument must\r
+-- \r
+2.0.0\r
+\r