- * to disk before closing the database. If the caller is currently in
- * an atomic section (there was a notmuch_database_begin_atomic
- * without a matching notmuch_database_end_atomic), this will discard
- * changes made in that atomic section (but still commit changes made
- * prior to entering the atomic section).
+ * to disk before closing the database, unless the caller is currently
+ * in an atomic section (there was a notmuch_database_begin_atomic
+ * without a matching notmuch_database_end_atomic). In this case
+ * changes since the last commit are discarded. @see
+ * notmuch_database_end_atomic for more information.