diff -r c20946f5b6fb -r e9c777bfd78c src/HOL/Tools/Function/partial_function.ML
--- a/src/HOL/Tools/Function/partial_function.ML	Sat Jun 11 13:57:59 2016 +0200
+++ b/src/HOL/Tools/Function/partial_function.ML	Sat Jun 11 16:41:11 2016 +0200
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
 
 val _ =
   Outer_Syntax.local_theory @{command_keyword partial_function} "define partial function"
-    ((mode -- (Parse.fixes -- (Parse.where_ |-- Parse_Spec.simple_spec)))
-      >> (fn (mode, (fixes, spec)) => add_partial_function_cmd mode fixes spec));
+    ((mode -- (Parse.vars -- (Parse.where_ |-- Parse_Spec.simple_spec)))
+      >> (fn (mode, (vars, spec)) => add_partial_function_cmd mode vars spec));
 
 end;