doc: add note about function printf_date_tags in function printf (plugin API reference)

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/en/weechat_plugin_api.en.adoc b/doc/en/weechat_plugin_api.en.adoc
index 4b27cb9d6..fbf8f48a0 100644
--- a/doc/en/weechat_plugin_api.en.adoc
+++ b/doc/en/weechat_plugin_api.en.adoc
@@ -6842,6 +6842,15 @@ Prototype:
 void weechat_printf (struct t_gui_buffer *buffer, const char *message, ...);
 ----
 
+This function is a shortcut for function printf_date_tags. These two calls give
+exactly same result:
+
+[source,C]
+----
+weechat_printf (buffer, "message");
+weechat_printf_date_tags (buffer, 0, NULL, "message");
+----
+
 Arguments:
 
 * _buffer_: buffer pointer, if NULL, message is displayed on WeeChat buffer