lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el (describe-package-1): Decode commentary (bug#16733).

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index d8d479871b2..e0d1c99d369 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -1531,7 +1531,8 @@ If optional arg NO-ACTIVATE is non-nil, don't activate packages."
                        (setq readme-string (buffer-string))
                        t))
                  (error nil))
-               (insert readme-string))
+               (let ((coding (detect-coding-string readme-string t)))
+                 (insert (decode-coding-string readme-string coding t))))
               ((file-readable-p readme)
                (insert-file-contents readme)
                (goto-char (point-max))))))))