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-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el
index abfcdb347a3..e4f21c9d6d4 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el
@@ -286,8 +286,12 @@ The return value is undefined.
;; Redefined in byte-opt.el.
-;; This is not documented--it's not clear that we should promote it.
-(fset 'inline 'progn)
+;; This was undocumented and unused for decades.
+(defalias 'inline 'progn
+ "Like `progn', but when compiled inline top-level function calls in body.
+You don't need this. (See bytecomp.el commentary for more details.)
+
+\(fn BODY...)")
;;; Interface to inline functions.