diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cursor-sensor.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cursor-sensor.el
index ac063d4896a..f1ab82ecc4a 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cursor-sensor.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cursor-sensor.el
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
            ;; non-sticky on both ends, but that means get-pos-property might
            ;; never see it.
            (new (or (get-char-property point 'cursor-sensor-functions)
-                    (unless (= point 1)
+                    (unless (bobp)
                       (get-char-property (1- point) 'cursor-sensor-functions))))
            (old (window-parameter window 'cursor-sensor--last-state))
            (oldposmark (car old))
diff --git a/lisp/isearch.el b/lisp/isearch.el
index 988503eaa4f..48354d39d48 100644
--- a/lisp/isearch.el
+++ b/lisp/isearch.el
@@ -2585,16 +2585,19 @@ the word mode."
                     (eq search-default-mode isearch-regexp))) "")
           ;; 2. Use the `isearch-message-prefix' set for
           ;;    `regexp-function' if available.
-               (regexp-function
-                (and (symbolp regexp-function)
-                     (or (get regexp-function 'isearch-message-prefix)
-                         "")))
+          (regexp-function
+           (and (symbolp regexp-function)
+                (or (get regexp-function 'isearch-message-prefix)
+                    "")))
           ;; 3. Else if `isearch-regexp' is non-nil, set description
           ;;    to "regexp ".
-               (isearch-regexp "regexp ")
-          ;; 4. And finally, if we're in literal mode (and if the
-          ;;    default mode is also not literal), describe it.
-               ((functionp search-default-mode) "literal "))))
+          (isearch-regexp "regexp ")
+          ;; 4. Else if we're in literal mode (and if the default
+          ;;    mode is also not literal), describe it.
+          ((functionp search-default-mode) "literal ")
+          ;; 5. And finally, if none of the above is true, set the
+          ;;    description to an empty string.
+          (t ""))))
     (if space-before
         ;; Move space from the end to the beginning.
         (replace-regexp-in-string "\\(.*\\) \\'" " \\1" description)