2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index af6a7cc1a94..f360d750c21 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2003-04-23  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
 
+        * mail/sendmail.el (mail-send-and-exit): Make arg optional.
+
         * files.el (view-read-only): Doc fix.
 
         * simple.el (back-to-indentation): Call backward-prefix-chars.
diff --git a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
index 40ef9e87228..7ce31eaeb47 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ If within the headers, this makes the new lines into continuation lines."
 
 ;; User-level commands for sending.
 
-(defun mail-send-and-exit (arg)
+(defun mail-send-and-exit (&optional arg)
   "Send message like `mail-send', then, if no errors, exit from mail buffer.
 Prefix arg means don't delete this window."
   (interactive "P")