Hi, In org-eldoc.el, org-eldoc-get-mode-local-documentation-function function, there is this code: (with-temp-buffer (funcall mode-func) (setq doc-func (and eldoc-documentation-function (symbol-value 'eldoc-documentation-function))) (puthash lang doc-func org-eldoc-local-functions-cache)) Unfortunately, this code does not work for shell-mode. Especially, if you get a temp buffer and try to turn it into shell mode, you get an error because there is no associated process. Emacs 25.1 uses this in the shell-mode function to find which shell: (let ((shell (file-name-nondirectory (car (process-command (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))))) but if there is no process, get-buffer-process returns nil and process-command fails. I am only reporting this because I am not sure what to do about it But surely it is a bit annoying that