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diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index 249a2f21ccb..8f675bfcda6 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-05-29  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+        * functions.texi (Lambda Expressions): Lambda expressions don't
+        evaluate to themselves in general (bug#11782).
+
 2013-05-15  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
         * loading.texi (Autoload):
diff --git a/doc/lispref/functions.texi b/doc/lispref/functions.texi
index 999923f5b84..7768c147827 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/functions.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/functions.texi
@@ -196,9 +196,8 @@ an example:
 @end example
 
 @noindent
-In Emacs Lisp, such a list is valid as an expression---it evaluates to
-itself.  But its main use is not to be evaluated as an expression, but
-to be called as a function.
+In Emacs Lisp, such a list is a valid expression which evaluates to
+a function object.
 
   A lambda expression, by itself, has no name; it is an @dfn{anonymous
 function}.  Although lambda expressions can be used this way