diff --git a/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt b/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt
index b0384df454..133493e6f1 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/userfunc.txt
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ See |:verbose-cmd| for more information.
 			matching |:endfunction|.
 
 			The name must be made of alphanumeric characters and
-			'_', and must start with a capital or "s:" (see
-			above).  Note that using "b:" or "g:" is not allowed.
-			(since patch 7.4.260 E884 is given if the function
-			name has a colon in the name, e.g. for "foo:bar()".
-			Before that patch no error was given).
+			'_' and must start with a capital or "s:" (see above).
+			Note that using "b:", "l:", etc. is not allowed (since
+			patch 7.4.260 E884 is given if the function name has a
+			colon, e.g. for "foo:bar()"), while a leading "g:" is
+			skipped and still requires a following capital letter.
 
 			{name} may be a |Dictionary| |Funcref| entry: >
 				:function dict.init(arg)