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diff --git a/lisp/help-fns.el b/lisp/help-fns.el
index c06a7b1ee73..125b18614a2 100644
--- a/lisp/help-fns.el
+++ b/lisp/help-fns.el
@@ -478,8 +478,13 @@ Return 0 if there is no such symbol."
(and (symbolp obj) (boundp obj) obj))))
(error nil))
(let* ((str (find-tag-default))
- (obj (if str (intern str))))
- (and (symbolp obj) (boundp obj) obj))
+ (sym (if str (intern-soft str))))
+ (if (and sym (boundp sym))
+ sym
+ (save-match-data
+ (when (and str (string-match "\\`\\W*\\(.*?\\)\\W*\\'" str))
+ (setq sym (intern-soft (match-string 1 str)))
+ (and (boundp sym) sym)))))
0))
;;;###autoload