+1 to a previously reported bug, but also providing a recipe to reproduce. emacs -Q C-h C-a (about page) move the cursor to the first link ('GNU Emacs') and wait a second. The error 'eldoc error: (void-function eldoc-documentation-function-default)' will appear in the minibuffer. In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.8) of 2014-10-20 on lpowers-tp430 Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11501000 System Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Configured using: `configure --with-tiff=no' Configured features: XPM JPEG GIF PNG SOUND GSETTINGS NOTIFY LIBXML2 FREETYPE XFT ZLIB Important settings: value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Fundamental Minor modes in effect: global-smart-tab-mode: t global-whitespace-mode: t delete-selection-mode: t tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t buffer-read-only: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t Recent input: C-h C-a C-p M-f M-f C-f M-x r e p o r Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. eldoc error: (void-function eldoc-documentation-function-default) [3 times] Load-path shadows: None found. Features: (shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr emacsbug message dired format-spec rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util help-fns mail-prsvr mail-utils eieio byte-opt bytecomp byte-compile cconv eieio-core finder-inf package epg-config kivy-mode smart-tab easy-mmode disp-table whitespace edmacro kmacro cl-loaddefs cl-lib delsel time-date tooltip eldoc electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment elisp-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer nadvice loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process gfilenotify dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs) Memory information: ((conses 16 101609 4619) (symbols 48 21419 0) (miscs 40 112 121) (strings 32 20046 4723) (string-bytes 1 581429) (vectors 16 14164) (vector-slots 8 433697 2106) (floats 8 80 271) (intervals 56 231 0) (buffers 976 12) (heap 1024 19340 1209))