diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index e74733015c9..2d150ba3dd2 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-03-25  Artur Malabarba  <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
+
+	* emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el (checkdoc-this-string-valid-engine):
+	Don't complain about args starting with _.
+
 2015-03-25  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
 	* international/mule-cmds.el (mule--ucs-names-annotation): New func.
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el
index 288e25e6060..777fed082d9 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el
@@ -1663,14 +1663,15 @@ function,command,variable,option or symbol." ms1))))))
 
 	     ;;   Addendum:  Make sure they appear in the doc in the same
 	     ;;              order that they are found in the arg list.
-	     (let ((args (cdr (cdr (cdr (cdr fp)))))
+	     (let ((args (nthcdr 4 fp))
 		   (last-pos 0)
 		   (found 1)
 		   (order (and (nth 3 fp) (car (nth 3 fp))))
 		   (nocheck (append '("&optional" "&rest") (nth 3 fp)))
 		   (inopts nil))
 	       (while (and args found (> found last-pos))
-		 (if (member (car args) nocheck)
+                 (if (or (member (car args) nocheck)
+                         (string-match "\\`_" (car args)))
 		     (setq args (cdr args)
 			   inopts t)
 		   (setq last-pos found