2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c
index 688363d06e3..030c6e06ba8 100644
--- a/src/alloc.c
+++ b/src/alloc.c
@@ -5762,7 +5762,7 @@ garbage_collect_1 (void *end)
      after GC.  It's important to scan finalizers at this stage so
      that we can be sure that unmarked finalizers are really
      unreachable except for references from their associated functions
-     and from other finalizers. */
+     and from other finalizers.  */
 
   queue_doomed_finalizers (&doomed_finalizers, &finalizers);
   mark_finalizer_list (&doomed_finalizers);
diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index a84450a4364..26c19d8338b 100644
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -4592,8 +4592,10 @@ of the file, regardless of whether or not it has the `.elc' extension.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("load-read-function", Vload_read_function,
                doc: /* Function used by `load' and `eval-region' for reading expressions.
-The default is nil, which means use the function `read'.  */);
-  Vload_read_function = Qnil;
+Called with a single argument (the stream from which to read).
+The default is to use the function `read'.  */);
+  DEFSYM (Qread, "read");
+  Vload_read_function = Qread;
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("load-source-file-function", Vload_source_file_function,
                doc: /* Function called in `load' to load an Emacs Lisp source file.