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diff --git a/lisp/help-fns.el b/lisp/help-fns.el
index 1cd5526fcff..38e331dc992 100644
--- a/lisp/help-fns.el
+++ b/lisp/help-fns.el
@@ -748,15 +748,21 @@ it is displayed along with the global value."
(setq extra-line t)
(if (member (cons variable val) dir-local-variables-alist)
(let ((file (and (buffer-file-name)
- (not (file-remote-p (buffer-file-name)))
- (dir-locals-find-file (buffer-file-name)))))
+ (not (file-remote-p (buffer-file-name)))
+ (dir-locals-find-file
+ (buffer-file-name))))
+ (type "file"))
(princ " This variable is a directory local variable")
(when file
- (princ (concat "\n from the file \""
- (if (consp file)
- (car file)
- file)
- "\"")))
+ (if (consp file) ; result from cache
+ ;; If the cache element has an mtime, we
+ ;; assume it came from a file.
+ (if (nth 2 file)
+ (setq file (expand-file-name
+ dir-locals-file (car file)))
+ ;; Otherwise, assume it was set directly.
+ (setq type "directory")))
+ (princ (format "\n from the %s \"%s\"" type file)))
(princ ".\n"))
(princ " This variable is a file local variable.\n")))