diff --git a/lisp/info.el b/lisp/info.el
index b448a048e7d..87327d8656b 100644
--- a/lisp/info.el
+++ b/lisp/info.el
@@ -3077,7 +3077,8 @@ If FORK is a string, it is the name to use for the new buffer."
 
 ;; Common subroutine.
 (defun Info-try-follow-nearest-node (&optional fork)
-  "Follow a node reference near point.  Return non-nil if successful."
+  "Follow a node reference near point.  Return non-nil if successful.
+If FORK is non-nil, it i spassed to `Info-goto-node'."
   (let (node)
     (cond
      ((Info-get-token (point) "[hf]t?tp://" "[hf]t?tp://\\([^ \t\n\"`({<>})']+\\)")