diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 979136d53a1..1ac7e0072db 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-11-29  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
+
+	* emacs-lisp/edebug.el (edebug-make-enter-wrapper): Correct
+	invalid translation of old-style backquote syntax to new syntax.
+
 1999-11-28  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
 
 	* Makefile (DONTCOMPILE): Add term/internal.el.
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/edebug.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/edebug.el
index ba53427c1e4..44df428d068 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/edebug.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/edebug.el
@@ -1231,9 +1231,10 @@ This controls how we read comma constructs.")
   `(edebug-enter
     (quote ,edebug-def-name)
     ,(if edebug-inside-func  
-	 `(list (;; Doesn't work with more than one def-body!!
-		 ;; But the list will just be reversed.
-		 ,@(nreverse edebug-def-args)))
+	 `(list
+	   ;; Doesn't work with more than one def-body!!
+	   ;; But the list will just be reversed.
+	   ,@(nreverse edebug-def-args))
        'nil)
     (function (lambda () ,@forms))
     ))