(paraphrased quotes)
>>> That's the intended behavior
>> Then its docstring is incorrect
> Fair enough, fixed
Erm, well...
I've had several days to think it over, and I don't agree [that it's
fixed]. Yes, the docstring is (was) incorrect; and if it hadn't been
incorrect, I wouldn't have reported it as a bug.
However, the function would still be doing 'The Wrong Thing' (for me, I
can imagine that cases exist where this isn't), and if I ever used it
again, it would only be because I forgot that it didn't do what I expected.
I think this is also the point where if I want something more done, I
really should do it myself. I'd take it on for sure if it were in
elisp. I dunno if I could do it in C.
This seems reasonable as a 'workaround' fix, though.
[I'd agree that "Severity: minor" is correct.]
(I can re-create my mental state leading up to actually sending the bug
report, or share my mental image of what the function does, if either of
those would be helpful.)