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diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index b1c354268847095ec8e36691cdb0f5a444979f17..6575f2e45467a434ddee897b89736688bc9493d2 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ and then modifies one entry in it."
 
 \f
 (defmacro lambda (&rest cdr)
+  "Macro which allows one to write (lambda ...) for anonymous functions
+instead of having to write (function (lambda ...)) or '(lambda ...), the
+latter of which won't get byte-compiled."
   (` (function (lambda (,@ cdr)))))
 
 ;;; subr.el ends here