From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 13:55:34 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Document the #' syntax
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Document the #' syntax

* doc/lispref/objects.texi (Special Read Syntax): Document the #'
syntax (bug#38278).
---

diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
index e07dc2ed069..716d7c920b0 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ Objects that have no read syntax are presented like this
 The printed representation of an interned symbol whose name is an
 empty string (@pxref{Symbol Type}).
 
+@item #'
+Expands to @code{function} and is commonly used to quote function
+symbols (as opposed to @samp{'} which is used to quote non-function
+symbols).
+
 @item #:
 The printed representation of an uninterned symbol whose name is
 @var{foo} is @samp{#:@var{foo}} (@pxref{Symbol Type}).