1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
index 49303ff6293..15158440945 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ That buffer should be current already."
     (set-buffer (or buffer (current-buffer)))
     (goto-char (point-min))
     (let ((buffer-read-only nil))
-      (while (re-search-forward "^[* ] (?\\(\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)" nil t)
+      (while (re-search-forward "\\(\\(\\sw\\|\\s_\\)+\\)" nil t)
         (let* ((sym (intern-soft (match-string 1)))
                (file (symbol-file sym)))
           (when file (help-xref-button 1 'help-function-def sym file)))))))