diff --git a/lispref/edebug.texi b/lispref/edebug.texi
index 74f4982f886..cc42926ecf7 100644
--- a/lispref/edebug.texi
+++ b/lispref/edebug.texi
@@ -955,9 +955,8 @@ however, still run out of stack space when using Edebug.
 
 @item
 The state of keyboard macro execution is saved and restored.  While
-Edebug is active, @code{executing-kbd-macro} is bound to
-@code{edebug-continue-kbd-macro}.
-
+Edebug is active, @code{executing-kbd-macro} is bound to @code{nil}
+unless @code{edebug-continue-kbd-macro} is non-@code{nil}.
 @end itemize