diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/shortdoc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/shortdoc.el
index cbb5618ffce..a1e49b50510 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/shortdoc.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/shortdoc.el
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ With prefix numeric argument ARG, do it that many times."
   (interactive)
   (save-excursion
     (goto-char (pos-bol))
-    (when-let* ((re (rx bol "(" (group (+ (not (in " "))))))
+    (when-let* ((re (rx bol "(" (group (+ (not (in " )"))))))
                 (string
                  (and (or (looking-at re)
                           (re-search-backward re nil t))
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
index 0d54e234659..b23a5ca95a1 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
@@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@ Return whether the process exited with status zero."
   (zerop (apply #'vc-git--call '(t nil) command args)))
 
 (defun vc-git--out-str (command &rest args)
-  "Run `git COMMAND ARGS...' and return standard output.
+  "Run `git COMMAND ARGS...' and return standard output as a string.
 The exit status is ignored."
   (with-output-to-string
     (with-current-buffer standard-output