diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 2bb7bf0466df2a1c11f45552cae90c0470a14a17..9d9d564fa156fcaf16f73f2c03a6c2ae21a0fe99 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-09-07  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+
+	* help-mode.el (help-mode): Restore autoload.
+
 2011-09-07  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
 	* progmodes/compile.el (compilation-start): Let-bind `thisenv' to
diff --git a/lisp/help-mode.el b/lisp/help-mode.el
index 64c114c993d3d1abc734d25b22e9fe5e7fd1bfb5..5d67a6c4f4cf38b9b40dbec915bd490aae4b5229 100644
--- a/lisp/help-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/help-mode.el
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ The format is (FUNCTION ARGS...).")
   'help-function 'customize-create-theme
   'help-echo (purecopy "mouse-2, RET: edit this theme file"))
 
+;;;###autoload
 (define-derived-mode help-mode special-mode "Help"
   "Major mode for viewing help text and navigating references in it.
 Entry to this mode runs the normal hook `help-mode-hook'.