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    > (unless (fboundp 'directory-files-and-attributes)
    >   (defun directory-files-and-attributes (dir &optional full match nosort)
    >     (documentation 'directory-files)

It looks like he wanted to copy the doc string of directory-files.
There is no way to do that.

How about if you write a suitable doc string for this function?