1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c
index 177a2266fb6..07f1caae46b 100644
--- a/src/alloc.c
+++ b/src/alloc.c
@@ -2940,10 +2940,19 @@ usage: (vector &rest OBJECTS)  */)
 
 DEFUN ("make-byte-code", Fmake_byte_code, Smake_byte_code, 4, MANY, 0,
        doc: /* Create a byte-code object with specified arguments as elements.
-The arguments should be the arglist, bytecode-string, constant vector,
-stack size, (optional) doc string, and (optional) interactive spec.
+The arguments should be the ARGLIST, bytecode-string BYTE-CODE, constant
+vector CONSTANTS, maximum stack size DEPTH, (optional) DOCSTRING,
+and (optional) INTERACTIVE-SPEC.
 The first four arguments are required; at most six have any
 significance.
+The ARGLIST can be either like the one of `lambda', in which case the arguments
+will be dynamically bound before executing the byte code, or it can be an
+integer of the form NNNNNNNRMMMMMMM where the 7bit MMMMMMM specifies the
+minimum number of arguments, the 7-bit NNNNNNN specifies the maximum number
+of arguments (ignoring &rest) and the R bit specifies whether there is a &rest
+argument to catch the left-over arguments.  If such an integer is used, the
+arguments will not be dynamically bound but will be instead pushed on the
+stack before executing the byte-code.
 usage: (make-byte-code ARGLIST BYTE-CODE CONSTANTS DEPTH &optional DOCSTRING INTERACTIVE-SPEC &rest ELEMENTS)  */)
   (register size_t nargs, Lisp_Object *args)
 {
@@ -3071,6 +3080,7 @@ Its value and function definition are void, and its property list is nil.  */)
   p->gcmarkbit = 0;
   p->interned = SYMBOL_UNINTERNED;
   p->constant = 0;
+  p->declared_special = 0;
   consing_since_gc += sizeof (struct Lisp_Symbol);
   symbols_consed++;
   return val;