diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 46e67c9725c..bbd99a78ecb 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-01-24  Luc Teirlinck  <teirllm@auburn.edu>
+
+	* help-at-pt.el (help-at-pt-display-when-idle): Add autoload cookie.
+
 2005-01-24  Lute Kamstra  <lute@gnu.org>
 
 	* textmodes/ispell.el (ispell-dictionary-alist-4): Rewrite the
diff --git a/lisp/help-at-pt.el b/lisp/help-at-pt.el
index 2266c8d5a2a..53af1bdd579 100644
--- a/lisp/help-at-pt.el
+++ b/lisp/help-at-pt.el
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ This is done by setting a timer, if none is currently active."
 	  (run-with-idle-timer
 	   help-at-pt-timer-delay t #'help-at-pt-maybe-display))))
 
+;;;###autoload
 (defcustom help-at-pt-display-when-idle 'never
   "*Automatically show local help on point-over.
 If the value is t, the string obtained from any `kbd-help' or