diff --git a/Doc/perl/python.perl b/Doc/perl/python.perl
index 92c00c5..d9ea19f 100644
--- a/Doc/perl/python.perl
+++ b/Doc/perl/python.perl
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
     $_;
 }
 
-sub do_cmd_pytype{ use_current(); }
-sub do_cmd_makevar{ use_current(); }
+sub do_cmd_pytype{ use_current(@_); }
+sub do_cmd_makevar{ use_current(@_); }
 
 # Logical formatting (some based on texinfo), needs to be converted to
 # minimalist HTML.  The "minimalist" is primarily to reduce the size of