gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
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commit 63483547f3725d04f00290c9c3d8485e23ba20fe
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Dec 29 22:56:21 2025 -0600
[ms]: Tweak docs; favor active voice over passive.
Also sync input line breaks between Texinfo and *roff documents.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 9 +++++++--
doc/ms.ms.in | 3 ++-
tmac/groff_ms.7.man | 5 +++--
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 108a30952..d77fd9d42 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -3646,8 +3646,13 @@ Set an automatically numbered heading.
any depth desired, with the numbering of each depth increasing
automatically and being reset to zero when a more significant level is
increased. ``1''@tie{}is the most significant or coarsest division of
-the document. Only non-zero values are output. If @var{depth} is
-omitted, it is taken to be @samp{1}.
+the document. Only non-zero values are output.
+If
+@var{depth}
+is omitted,
+@file{ms}
+assumes
+@samp{1}.
If you specify @var{depth} such that an ascending gap occurs relative to
the previous @code{NH} call---that is, you ``skip a depth'', as by
diff --git a/doc/ms.ms.in b/doc/ms.ms.in
index 0a1ceeab6..3277d6623 100644
--- a/doc/ms.ms.in
+++ b/doc/ms.ms.in
@@ -1315,7 +1315,8 @@ Only non-zero values are output.
If
.I depth
is omitted,
-it is taken to be
+.I ms
+assumes
.CW 1 .
.
If you specify
diff --git a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
index 6ff195fa4..5a9889862 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
@@ -864,8 +864,9 @@ Only non-zero values are output.
If
.I depth
is omitted,
-it is taken to be
-.BR 1 .
+.I ms
+assumes
+.RB \[lq] 1 \[rq].
.
If you specify
.I depth
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