2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/help.texi b/doc/emacs/help.texi
index fce6720b934..49c53c5cbc0 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/help.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/help.texi
@@ -601,6 +601,11 @@ is @key{ESC}, because @kbd{@key{ESC} C-h} is actually @kbd{C-M-h},
 which marks a defun.  However, @w{@kbd{@key{ESC} @key{F1}}} and
 @w{@kbd{@key{ESC} ?}} work fine.)
 
+@findex describe-keymap
+Finally, @kbd{M-x describe-keymap} prompts for the name of a keymap,
+with completion, and displays a listing of all key bindings in that
+keymap.
+
 @node Help Files
 @section Help Files
 
diff --git a/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi
index 259efea3248..4d513132e9f 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi
@@ -1846,8 +1846,11 @@ local map.
 @cindex scanning keymaps
 @cindex keymaps, scanning
 
-  This section describes functions used to scan all the current keymaps
-for the sake of printing help information.
+  This section describes functions used to scan all the current
+keymaps for the sake of printing help information.  To display the
+bindings in a particular keymap, you can use the
+@code{describe-keymap} command (@pxref{Misc Help, , Other Help
+Commands, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual})
 
 @defun accessible-keymaps keymap &optional prefix
 This function returns a list of all the keymaps that can be reached (via