diff --git a/lisp/bindings.el b/lisp/bindings.el
index 744bcc36a85..5205d497ef5 100644
--- a/lisp/bindings.el
+++ b/lisp/bindings.el
@@ -1229,8 +1229,8 @@ if `inhibit-field-text-motion' is non-nil."
 (define-key ctl-x-map "\C-t" 'transpose-lines)
 
 (define-key esc-map ";" 'comment-dwim)
-(define-key esc-map "j" 'indent-new-comment-line)
-(define-key esc-map "\C-j" 'indent-new-comment-line)
+(define-key esc-map "j" 'default-indent-new-line)
+(define-key esc-map "\C-j" 'default-indent-new-line)
 (define-key ctl-x-map ";" 'comment-set-column)
 (define-key ctl-x-map [?\C-\;] 'comment-line)
 (define-key ctl-x-map "f" 'set-fill-column)
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 87159366f61..5ef5d3dc2ea 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -7318,7 +7318,7 @@ indicating whether it should use soft newlines.")
 
 (defun default-indent-new-line (&optional soft)
   "Break line at point and indent.
-If a comment syntax is defined, call `comment-indent-new-line'.
+If a comment syntax is defined, call `comment-line-break-function'.
 
 The inserted newline is marked hard if variable `use-hard-newlines' is true,
 unless optional argument SOFT is non-nil."
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/refill.el b/lisp/textmodes/refill.el
index 5c69fdc1b07..e597ba866c4 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/refill.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/refill.el
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ complex processing.")
 	 (setq refill-doit nil)))
       ((or 'quoted-insert 'fill-paragraph 'fill-region) nil)
       ((or 'newline 'newline-and-indent 'open-line 'indent-new-comment-line
-           'reindent-then-newline-and-indent)
+           'default-indent-new-line 'reindent-then-newline-and-indent)
        ;; Don't zap what was just inserted.
        (save-excursion
 	 (beginning-of-line)		; for newline-and-indent