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diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index 3387628fb8a..c558b652b7e 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -1394,9 +1394,10 @@ ARGLIST can also be t or a string of the form \"(FUN ARG1 ARG2 ...)\"."
(if (string-match "\n?\n\\'" docstring)
(if (< (- (match-end 0) (match-beginning 0)) 2) "\n" "")
"\n\n")
- (if (and (stringp arglist)
- (string-match "\\`([^ ]+\\(.*\\))\\'" arglist))
- (concat "(fn" (match-string 1 arglist) ")")
+ (if (stringp arglist)
+ (if (string-match "\\`[^ ]+\\(.*\\))\\'" arglist)
+ (concat "(fn" (match-string 1 arglist) ")")
+ (error "Unrecognized usage format"))
(help--make-usage-docstring 'fn arglist)))))
(defun help-function-arglist (def &optional preserve-names)