emacs-27 8f603da: Update documentation of reading passwords

[Eli Zaretskii]

branch: emacs-27
commit 8f603da44c62fd4c4904a4d1ac8f03fa862564cf
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

    Update documentation of reading passwords
    
    * doc/emacs/mini.texi (Passwords): Update to match the modified
    implementation.  (Bug#46902)  Add indexing.
---
 doc/emacs/mini.texi | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/mini.texi b/doc/emacs/mini.texi
index 4b3f156..af9a840 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/mini.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/mini.texi
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ can re-execute a command by calling @code{eval} with the
 
 @node Passwords
 @section Entering passwords
+@cindex entering passwords
 
 Sometimes, you may need to enter a password into Emacs.  For instance,
 when you tell Emacs to visit a file on another machine via a network
@@ -795,7 +796,7 @@ access to the machine (@pxref{Remote Files}).
 displays a prompt in the echo area (such as @samp{Password: }); after
 you type the required password, press @key{RET} to submit it.  To
 prevent others from seeing your password, every character you type is
-displayed as a dot (@samp{.}) instead of its usual form.
+displayed as an asterisk (@samp{*}) instead of its usual form.
 
   Most of the features and commands associated with the minibuffer
 @emph{cannot} be used when entering a password.  There is no history