diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el
index 19ff7abda39..a615f9a5854 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/derived.el
@@ -162,7 +162,13 @@ The new mode runs the hook constructed by the function
 See Info node `(elisp)Derived Modes' for more details."
   (declare (debug (&define name symbolp sexp [&optional stringp]
 			   [&rest keywordp sexp] def-body))
-	   (doc-string 4))
+	   (doc-string 4)
+	   ;; Ask not what
+	   ;;(indent 3)
+	   ;; can do for you, ask what it can do to others. IOW, the
+	   ;; missing of indentation setting here is the indentation
+	   ;; setting and not an oversight.
+	   )
 
   (when (and docstring (not (stringp docstring)))
     ;; Some trickiness, since what appears to be the docstring may really be