diff --git a/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt b/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt
index 65db3f3256..38f4090e25 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ is used as a method: >
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 3. Cleaning up in a function ~
-							*:defer*
-:defer {func}({args})	Call {func} when the current function is done.
+							*:defe* *:defer*
+:defe[r] {func}({args})	Call {func} when the current function is done.
 			{args} are evaluated here.
 
 Quite often a command in a function has a global effect, which must be undone