--- help-fns.el.~1.146.~	2009-11-17 17:24:19.000000000 +1100
+++ help-fns.el	2011-03-15 09:48:49.000000000 +1100
@@ -527,11 +527,11 @@
   (with-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table
     (or (condition-case ()
 	    (save-excursion
+	      (skip-chars-forward "'")
 	      (or (not (zerop (skip-syntax-backward "_w")))
 		  (eq (char-syntax (following-char)) ?w)
 		  (eq (char-syntax (following-char)) ?_)
 		  (forward-sexp -1))
-	      (skip-chars-forward "'")
 	      (let ((obj (read (current-buffer))))
 		(and (symbolp obj) (boundp obj) obj)))
           (error nil))