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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/subr.el | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el index 78507a552c1..88740159b93 100644 --- a/lisp/subr.el +++ b/lisp/subr.el @@ -2476,7 +2476,11 @@ file name without extension. If TYPE is nil, then any kind of definition is acceptable. If TYPE is `defun', `defvar', or `defface', that specifies function definition, variable definition, or face definition only. -Otherwise TYPE is assumed to be a symbol property." +Otherwise TYPE is assumed to be a symbol property. + +This function only works for symbols defined in Lisp files. For +symbols that are defined in C files, use `help-C-file-name' +instead." (if (and (or (null type) (eq type 'defun)) (symbolp symbol) (autoloadp (symbol-function symbol))) |