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@@ -1891,9 +1891,14 @@ macros define footers for them.
.
.
.P
+With either method,
+a percent sign
+.B %
+in header or footer text is replaced by the current page number.
+.
By default,
.I ms
-places no header on any page numbered \[lq]1\[rq]
+places no header on a page numbered \[lq]1\[rq]
(regardless of its number format).
.
.
@@ -1911,11 +1916,8 @@ This is a Berkeley extension.
.P
For even greater flexibility,
.I ms
-is designed to permit the redefinition of the macros that are called
-when the
-.I groff
-traps that ordinarily cause the headers and footers to be output are
-sprung.
+permits redefinition of the macros called when the page header and
+footer traps are sprung.
.
.B PT
(\[lq]page trap\[rq])
@@ -1927,7 +1929,9 @@ and
(\[lq]bottom trap\[rq])
when the footer is to be.
.
-The page location trap that
+The
+.I groff
+page location trap that
.I ms
sets up to format the header also calls the
(normally undefined)