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diff --git a/lisp/help-fns.el b/lisp/help-fns.el
index 5b0739ed9ae..25ee1d3149f 100644
--- a/lisp/help-fns.el
+++ b/lisp/help-fns.el
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
;;; help-fns.el --- Complex help functions -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
-;; Copyright (C) 1985-1986, 1993-1994, 1998-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1985-1986, 1993-1994, 1998-2014
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
;; Keywords: help, internal
@@ -429,6 +430,28 @@ FILE is the file where FUNCTION was probably defined."
(setq load-hist (cdr load-hist)))
found))
+(defun help-fns--interactive-only (function)
+ "Insert some help blurb if FUNCTION should only be used interactively."
+ ;; Ignore lambda constructs, keyboard macros, etc.
+ (and (symbolp function)
+ (not (eq (car-safe (symbol-function function)) 'macro))
+ (let* ((interactive-only
+ (or (get function 'interactive-only)
+ (if (boundp 'byte-compile-interactive-only-functions)
+ (memq function
+ byte-compile-interactive-only-functions)))))
+ (when interactive-only
+ (insert "\nThis function is for interactive use only"
+ ;; Cf byte-compile-form.
+ (cond ((stringp interactive-only)
+ (format ";\nin Lisp code %s" interactive-only))
+ ((and (symbolp 'interactive-only)
+ (not (eq interactive-only t)))
+ (format ";\nin Lisp code use `%s' instead."
+ interactive-only))
+ (t "."))
+ "\n")))))
+
;;;###autoload
(defun describe-function-1 (function)
(let* ((advised (and (symbolp function)
@@ -553,6 +576,7 @@ FILE is the file where FUNCTION was probably defined."
;; Add defaults to `help-fns-describe-function-functions'.
(add-hook 'help-fns-describe-function-functions #'help-fns--obsolete)
+(add-hook 'help-fns-describe-function-functions #'help-fns--interactive-only)
(add-hook 'help-fns-describe-function-functions #'help-fns--parent-mode)
(add-hook 'help-fns-describe-function-functions #'help-fns--compiler-macro)