DEFUN ("bare-symbol", Fbare_symbol, Sbare_symbol, 1, 1, 0,
doc: /* Extract, if need be, the bare symbol from SYM.
-SYM is either a symbol or a symbol with position.
-Ignore `symbols-with-pos-enabled'. */)
+SYM must be either a symbol or a symbol with position, otherwise
+the function will signal the `wrong-type-argument' error.
+This function ignores `symbols-with-pos-enabled'. */)
(register Lisp_Object sym)
{
if (BARE_SYMBOL_P (sym))
Sremove_pos_from_symbol, 1, 1, 0,
doc: /* If ARG is a symbol with position, return it without the position.
Otherwise, return ARG unchanged. Ignore `symbols-with-pos-enabled'.
-Compare with `bare-symbol'. */)
+Compare with `bare-symbol', which does the same, but signals an error
+if ARG is not a symbol. */)
(register Lisp_Object arg)
{
if (SYMBOL_WITH_POS_P (arg))