* apropos.el (apropos-read-pattern): Fix word list splitting.

Fixes: debbugs:11132

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 41b00159aee..2bef7214456 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
         (customize-apropos-groups): Use apropos-read-pattern (Bug#11124).
 
         * apropos.el (apropos-read-pattern): Make prompt less cryptic.
+        Fix word list splitting (Bug#11132).
 
 2012-04-23  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/lisp/apropos.el b/lisp/apropos.el
index 6bf396a1632..25163dcab99 100644
--- a/lisp/apropos.el
+++ b/lisp/apropos.el
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ kind of objects to search."
          (read-string (concat "Search for " subject " (word list or regexp): "))))
     (if (string-equal (regexp-quote pattern) pattern)
         ;; Split into words
-        (split-string pattern "[ \t]+")
+        (split-string pattern "[ \t]+" t)
       pattern)))
 
 (defun apropos-parse-pattern (pattern)