1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el
index 2aba3ea254c..cc2be890657 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el
@@ -1561,8 +1561,9 @@ mouse-[0-3]\\)\\)\\>"))
      ;; to describe the most important commands in your major mode, and
      ;; then use `\\{...}' to display the rest of the mode's keymap.
      (save-excursion
-       (if (re-search-forward "\\\\\\\\\\[\\w+" e t
-                              (1+ checkdoc-max-keyref-before-warn))
+       (if (and (re-search-forward "\\\\\\\\\\[\\w+" e t
+                                   (1+ checkdoc-max-keyref-before-warn))
+                (not (re-search-forward "\\\\\\\\{\\w+}" e t)))
            (checkdoc-create-error
             "Too many occurrences of \\[function].  Use \\{keymap} instead"
             s (marker-position e))))