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-rw-r--r--lisp/ChangeLog3
-rw-r--r--lisp/help.el2
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 029acf33895..01f1c979e15 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
2001-07-10 Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
+ * help.el (describe-function-1): When printing FUNCTION's
+ documentation, don't assume FUNCTION is a symbol.
+
* startup.el (normal-top-level): Don't operate on the initial
frame if we failed to create one.
diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index c0447dcaedd..be391914692 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ It can also be nil, if the definition is not associated with any file."
(if doc
(progn (terpri)
(princ doc)
- (if (subrp (symbol-function function))
+ (if (subrp def)
(with-current-buffer standard-output
(beginning-of-line)
;; Builtins get the calling sequence at the end of