1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/elint.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/elint.el
index b7ef6eeb2ae..187d619f1bc 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/elint.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/elint.el
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ are as follows, and suppress messages about the indicated features:
   :group 'elint)
 
 (defcustom elint-directory-skip-re "\\(ldefs-boot\\|loaddefs\\)\\.el\\'"
-  "If nil, a regexp matching files to skip when linting a directory."
+  "If non-nil, a regexp matching files to skip when linting a directory."
   :type '(choice (const :tag "Lint all files" nil)
                  (regexp :tag "Regexp to skip"))
   :safe 'string-or-null-p