1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index 0bb57ab61d3..c7bcf665215 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -444,8 +444,9 @@ C-w print information on absence of warranty for GNU Emacs."
         (if file
             (progn
               (princ " in `")
-              (princ file)
-              (princ ".el'"))))
+              ;; We used to add .el to the file name,
+              ;; but that's completely wrong when the user used load-file.
+              (princ file))))
       (princ ".")
       (terpri)
       (let ((arglist (cond ((byte-code-function-p def)