diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus.el
index de13214865e..6ba926b17d2 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 :;;; gnus.el --- a newsreader for GNU Emacs
 ;; Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
-;;        1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;        1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Masanobu UMEDA <umerin@flab.flab.fujitsu.junet>
 ;;	Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
@@ -2233,8 +2233,8 @@ g -- Group name."
        out)
       (cond
        ((= c ?r)
-	(push (if (< (point) (mark) (point) (mark))) out)
-	(push (if (> (point) (mark) (point) (mark))) out))))
+	(push (if (< (point) (mark)) (point) (mark)) out)
+	(push (if (> (point) (mark)) (point) (mark)) out))))
     (setq out (delq 'gnus-prefix-nil out))
     (nreverse out)))