* doc/lispref/macros.texi (Defining Macros): Prefer "function" to "lambda

expression".

Fixes: debbugs:15296

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index 8b5aa65ff96..145d595b1d2 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-09-08  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+        * macros.texi (Defining Macros): Prefer "function" to "lambda
+        expression" (bug#15296).
+
 2013-08-28  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         * Makefile.in (SHELL): Now @SHELL@, not /bin/sh,
diff --git a/doc/lispref/macros.texi b/doc/lispref/macros.texi
index 5520bbbd1df..a2526f383aa 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/macros.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/macros.texi
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ During Compile}).
 @section Defining Macros
 
   A Lisp macro object is a list whose @sc{car} is @code{macro}, and
-whose @sc{cdr} is a lambda expression.  Expansion of the macro works
-by applying the lambda expression (with @code{apply}) to the list of
+whose @sc{cdr} is a function.  Expansion of the macro works
+by applying the function (with @code{apply}) to the list of
 @emph{unevaluated} arguments from the macro call.
 
   It is possible to use an anonymous Lisp macro just like an anonymous