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@@ -240,8 +240,10 @@ Position 1 is the beginning of the buffer.
@item M-g M-g
@itemx M-g g
@itemx M-x goto-line
-Read a number @var{n} and move point to line number @var{n}. Line 1
-is the beginning of the buffer.
+Read a number @var{n} and move point to the beginning of line number
+@var{n}. Line 1 is the beginning of the buffer. If point is on or
+just after a number, then that is the default for @var{n}, if you just
+press @key{RET} with an empty minibuffer.
@item C-x C-n
@findex set-goal-column
@kindex C-x C-n