diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b0cad6454c3..f538764f909 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-04-22  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+	* minibuffer.el (minibuffer-completion-contents): Fix obsolescence info
+	to avoid misleading the user.
+
 2013-04-22  Leo Liu  <sdl.web@gmail.com>
 
 	* info-look.el: Prefer latex2e.info.  (Bug#14240)
diff --git a/lisp/minibuffer.el b/lisp/minibuffer.el
index 978b3a5b130..ef949f7482e 100644
--- a/lisp/minibuffer.el
+++ b/lisp/minibuffer.el
@@ -638,8 +638,8 @@ If ARGS are provided, then pass MESSAGE through `format'."
 
 (defun minibuffer-completion-contents ()
   "Return the user input in a minibuffer before point as a string.
-That used to be what completion commands operate on."
-  (declare (obsolete minibuffer-contents "24.4"))
+In Emacs-22, that was what completion commands operated on."
+  (declare (obsolete nil "24.4"))
   (buffer-substring (field-beginning) (point)))
 
 (defun delete-minibuffer-contents ()