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-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/functions.texi4
-rw-r--r--src/eval.c4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/functions.texi b/doc/lispref/functions.texi
index 97f7fb9f79e..2f9d898c9b0 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/functions.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/functions.texi
@@ -1122,6 +1122,10 @@ a byte-code function object (@pxref{Byte Compilation}).
When lexical binding is enabled, @var{function-object} is converted
into a closure. @xref{Closures}.
@end itemize
+
+When @var{function-object} is a symbol and the code is byte compiled,
+the byte-compiler will warn if that function is not defined or might
+not be known at run time.
@end defspec
@cindex @samp{#'} syntax
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 567c32e0d75..5bba8766373 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -544,8 +544,8 @@ usage: (quote ARG) */)
DEFUN ("function", Ffunction, Sfunction, 1, UNEVALLED, 0,
doc: /* Like `quote', but preferred for objects which are functions.
-In byte compilation, `function' causes its argument to be compiled.
-`quote' cannot do that.
+In byte compilation, `function' causes its argument to be handled by
+the byte compiler. `quote' cannot do that.
usage: (function ARG) */)
(Lisp_Object args)
{