Misc #21154: Document or change Module#autoload?

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[fxn (Xavier Noria)]

The documentation of Module#autoload? says

Returns filename to be loaded if name is registered as autoload in the namespace of mod or one of its ancestors.

Cool, but in the following snippet

autoload :Foo, 'foo'
autoload?(:Foo)

the second line could evaluate to nil, and this does not seem to agree. I just registered an autoload, therefore (according to the documentation) I should get "foo" back in line 2.

I'd like to ask for clarification from the Ruby team:

1. Is the documentation complete? Should that second line always return "foo"?
2. If the answer is no, which is the logic missing in the docs?

Thank you!