1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/apropos.el b/lisp/apropos.el
index 8cc2940349d..d418be52273 100644
--- a/lisp/apropos.el
+++ b/lisp/apropos.el
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Returns list of symbols and documentation found."
                        (point))))
               item (assq symbol sym-list))
         (and (if (= type 1)
-                 (documentation symbol)
+                 (and (fboundp symbol) (documentation symbol))
                (documentation-property symbol 'variable-documentation))
              (or item
                  (setq item (list symbol nil nil)