diff --git a/lisp/info-look.el b/lisp/info-look.el
index 52f20e34b88..2f36e598dcd 100644
--- a/lisp/info-look.el
+++ b/lisp/info-look.el
@@ -1098,6 +1098,11 @@ Return nil if there is nothing appropriate in the buffer near point."
  :parse-rule 'ignore
  :other-modes '(emacs-lisp-mode))
 
+(info-lookup-maybe-add-help
+ :mode 'inferior-emacs-lisp-mode
+ :regexp "[^][()`'‘’,:\" \t\n]+"
+ :other-modes '(emacs-lisp-mode))
+
 (info-lookup-maybe-add-help
  :mode 'lisp-mode
  :regexp "[^()`'‘’,\" \t\n]+"