3 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-macs.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-macs.el
index d7e4b4e611a..b50961adac9 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-macs.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-macs.el
@@ -1998,13 +1998,16 @@ a `let' form, except that the list of symbols can be computed at run-time."
 ;;;###autoload
 (defmacro cl-flet (bindings &rest body)
   "Make local function definitions.
-Like `cl-labels' but the definitions are not recursive.
-Each binding can take the form (FUNC EXP) where
+Each definition can take the form (FUNC EXP) where
 FUNC is the function name, and EXP is an expression that returns the
 function value to which it should be bound, or it can take the more common
 form \(FUNC ARGLIST BODY...) which is a shorthand
 for (FUNC (lambda ARGLIST BODY)).
 
+FUNC is defined only within FORM, not BODY, so you can't write
+recursive function definitions.  Use `cl-labels' for that.  See
+info node `(cl) Function Bindings' for details.
+
 \(fn ((FUNC ARGLIST BODY...) ...) FORM...)"
   (declare (indent 1) (debug ((&rest (cl-defun)) cl-declarations body)))
   (let ((binds ()) (newenv macroexpand-all-environment))
@@ -2046,9 +2049,13 @@ Like `cl-flet' but the definitions can refer to previous ones.
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defmacro cl-labels (bindings &rest body)
-  "Make temporary function bindings.
-The bindings can be recursive and the scoping is lexical, but capturing them
-in closures will only work if `lexical-binding' is in use.
+    "Make local (recursive) function definitions.
+Each definition can take the form (FUNC ARGLIST BODY...) where
+FUNC is the function name, ARGLIST its arguments, and BODY the
+forms of the function body.  FUNC is defined in any BODY, as well
+as FORM, so you can write recursive and mutually recursive
+function definitions.  See info node `(cl) Function Bindings' for
+details.
 
 \(fn ((FUNC ARGLIST BODY...) ...) FORM...)"
   (declare (indent 1) (debug cl-flet))
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl.el
index d53c8e0bbcf..f6643158d2d 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl.el
@@ -466,9 +466,12 @@ rather than relying on `lexical-binding'."
 	(push var sets)
 	(push (cons (car binding)
                     `(lambda (&rest cl-labels-args)
-                       (cl-list* 'funcall ',var
-                                 cl-labels-args)))
+                       (if (eq (car cl-labels-args) cl--labels-magic)
+                           (list cl--labels-magic ',var)
+                         (cl-list* 'funcall ',var cl-labels-args))))
               newenv)))
+    ;; `lexical-let' adds `cl--function-convert' (which calls
+    ;; `cl--labels-convert') as a macroexpander for `function'.
     (macroexpand-all `(lexical-let ,vars (setq ,@sets) ,@body) newenv)))
 
 ;; Generalized variables are provided by gv.el, but some details are
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el
index 5d6ab7e057f..b40c424e303 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/seq.el
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ the sequence, and its index within the sequence."
                (setq index (1+ index)))
              sequence)))
 
-(cl-defgeneric seqp (sequence)
-  "Return non-nil if SEQUENCE is a sequence, nil otherwise."
-  (sequencep sequence))
+(cl-defgeneric seqp (object)
+  "Return non-nil if OBJECT is a sequence, nil otherwise."
+  (sequencep object))
 
 (cl-defgeneric seq-copy (sequence)
   "Return a shallow copy of SEQUENCE."