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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
index a1494741572..6389b62ea04 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
@@ -96,19 +96,24 @@ The returned regexp is typically more efficient than the equivalent regexp:
(concat open (mapconcat 'regexp-quote STRINGS \"\\\\|\") close))
If PAREN is `words', then the resulting regexp is additionally surrounded
-by \\=\\< and \\>."
+by \\=\\< and \\>.
+If PAREN is `symbols', then the resulting regexp is additionally surrounded
+by \\=\\_< and \\_>."
(save-match-data
;; Recurse on the sorted list.
(let* ((max-lisp-eval-depth 10000)
(max-specpdl-size 10000)
(completion-ignore-case nil)
(completion-regexp-list nil)
- (words (eq paren 'words))
(open (cond ((stringp paren) paren) (paren "\\(")))
(sorted-strings (delete-dups
(sort (copy-sequence strings) 'string-lessp)))
(re (regexp-opt-group sorted-strings (or open t) (not open))))
- (if words (concat "\\<" re "\\>") re))))
+ (cond ((eq paren 'words)
+ (concat "\\<" re "\\>"))
+ ((eq paren 'symbols)
+ (concat "\\_<" re "\\_>"))
+ (t re)))))
;;;###autoload
(defun regexp-opt-depth (regexp)