Stefan Monnier wrote:

>>>>I just noticed that for an autoloaded function like
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>apropos-variable'    > the location is shown as "apropos", not
>>>"apropos.el". Is that    > intentional?
>>>      
>>>
>>>In describe-function of course. Sorry.
>>>
>>>Since the file's name is `apropos.el', it would be clearer (all else
>>>being equal) to show `apropos.el'.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Does the attached small fix do the right thing?
>>    
>>
>
>No, because the autoload entry may say "foo.el" or "foo.elc" instead of
>"foo", in which case adding a ".el" doesn't make much sense.  I think it's
>better to leave it as it is: after all, maybe you only have a "foo" file and
>no "foo.el" or "foo.elc" file.
>
>The only good alternative I can think of otherwise is to do a locate-library
>to find the file that would be used if the function were to be loaded.
>  
>
I think it would be good to be consistent, because this is much less 
confusing for beginners. I tried locate-library as you suggested. 
Attached. Is this better?