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-rw-r--r--lisp/help.el4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index e416fd3d887..68c18ecd48a 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -627,9 +627,7 @@ Returns the documentation as a string, also."
(princ "Documentation:")
(terpri)
(let ((doc (documentation-property variable 'variable-documentation)))
- (if doc
- (princ (substitute-command-keys doc))
- (princ "not documented as a variable.")))
+ (princ (or doc "not documented as a variable.")))
(print-help-return-message)
(save-excursion
(set-buffer standard-output)