1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/helper.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/helper.el
index 9f9f1dc752e..23be7ae7e1c 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/helper.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/helper.el
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
   (let ((continue t) c)
     (while continue
       (message "Help (Type ? for further options)")
-      (setq c (char-to-string (downcase (read-char))))
+      (setq c (read-key-sequence nil))
       (setq c (lookup-key Helper-help-map c))
       (cond ((eq c 'Helper-help-options)
              (Helper-help-options))