diff --git a/doc/emacs/Makefile.in b/doc/emacs/Makefile.in
index ffcc4baafd..cc751e5b6f 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/emacs/Makefile.in
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ MKDIR_P = @MKDIR_P@
 
 GZIP_PROG = @GZIP_PROG@
 
-HTML_OPTS = --no-split --html
+HTML_OPTS = --no-split --html --css-include=../manual.css
 
 # Options used only when making info output.
 # --no-split is only needed because of MS-DOS.
diff --git a/doc/lispintro/Makefile.in b/doc/lispintro/Makefile.in
index d8e203fd06..34e5422111 100644
--- a/doc/lispintro/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/lispintro/Makefile.in
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ MKDIR_P = @MKDIR_P@
 
 GZIP_PROG = @GZIP_PROG@
 
-HTML_OPTS = --no-split --html
+HTML_OPTS = --no-split --html --css-include=../manual.css
 
 # Options used only when making info output.
 INFO_OPTS= --no-split
diff --git a/doc/lispref/Makefile.in b/doc/lispref/Makefile.in
index 89eb81093d..2cb36c038c 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/lispref/Makefile.in
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ MKDIR_P = @MKDIR_P@
 
 GZIP_PROG = @GZIP_PROG@
 
-HTML_OPTS = --no-split --html
+HTML_OPTS = --no-split --html --css-include=../manual.css
 
 # Options used only when making info output.
 INFO_OPTS= --no-split
diff --git a/doc/lispref/strings.texi b/doc/lispref/strings.texi
index f365c80493..e80e778bec 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/strings.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/strings.texi
@@ -965,10 +965,9 @@ extra values to be formatted are ignored.
 decimal number immediately after the initial @samp{%}, followed by a
 literal dollar sign @samp{$}.  It causes the format specification to
 convert the argument with the given number instead of the next
-argument.  Field numbers start at 1.  A field number should differ
-from the other field numbers in the same format.  A format can contain
-either numbered or unnumbered format specifications but not both,
-except that @samp{%%} can be mixed with numbered specifications.
+argument.  Field numbers start at 1.  A format can contain either
+numbered or unnumbered format specifications but not both, except that
+@samp{%%} can be mixed with numbered specifications.
 
 @example
 (format "%2$s, %3$s, %%, %1$s" "x" "y" "z")
diff --git a/doc/manual.css b/doc/manual.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0aec934601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual.css
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/*
+Copyright (c) 2009, Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
+Code licensed under the BSD License:
+http://developer.yahoo.net/yui/license.txt
+version: 2.8.0r4
+*/
+html{color:#000;background:#FFF;}body,div,dl,dt,dd,ul,ol,li,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,pre,code,form,fieldset,legend,input,button,textarea,p,blockquote,th,td{margin:0;padding:0;}table{border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}fieldset,img{border:0;}address,caption,cite,code,dfn,em,strong,th,var,optgroup{font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;}del,ins{text-decoration:none;}li{list-style:none;}caption,th{text-align:left;}h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6{font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;}q:before,q:after{content:'';}abbr,acronym{border:0;font-variant:normal;}sup{vertical-align:baseline;}sub{vertical-align:baseline;}legend{color:#000;}input,button,textarea,select,optgroup,option{font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;}input,button,textarea,select{*font-size:100%;}
+
+/***  PAGE LAYOUT  ***/
+
+html, body {
+   font-size: 1em;
+   text-align: left;
+   text-decoration: none;
+}
+html { background-color: #e7e7e7; }
+
+body {
+   max-width: 74.92em;
+   margin: 0 auto;
+   padding: .5em 1em 1em 1em;
+   background-color: white;
+   border: .1em solid #c0c0c0;
+}
+
+
+/*** BASIC ELEMENTS ***/
+
+/* Size and positioning */
+
+p, pre, li, dt, dd, table, code, address { line-height: 1.3em; }
+
+h1 { font-size: 2em; margin: 1em 0 }
+h2 { font-size: 1.50em; margin: 1.0em 0 0.87em 0; }
+h3 { font-size: 1.30em; margin: 1.0em 0 0.87em 0; }
+h4 { font-size: 1.13em; margin: 1.0em 0 0.88em 0; }
+h5 { font-size: 1.00em; margin: 1.0em 0 1.00em 0; }
+
+p, pre { margin: 1em 0; }
+pre { overflow: auto; padding-bottom: .3em; }
+
+ul, ol, blockquote { margin-left: 1.5%; margin-right: 1.5%; }
+hr { margin: 1em 0; }
+/* Lists of underlined links are difficult to read. The top margin
+   gives a little more spacing between entries. */
+ul li { margin: .5em 1em; }
+ol li { margin: 1em; }
+ol ul li { margin: .5em 1em; }
+ul li p, ul ul li { margin-top: .3em; margin-bottom: .3em; }
+ul ul, ol ul { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; }
+
+/* Separate description lists from preceding text */
+dl { margin: 1em 0 0 0; }
+/* separate the "term" from subsequent "description" */
+dt { margin: .5em 0; }
+/* separate the "description" from subsequent list item
+   when the final <dd> child is an anonymous box */
+dd { margin: .5em 3% 1em 3%; }
+/* separate anonymous box (used to be the first element in <dd>)
+   from subsequent <p> */
+dd p { margin: .5em 0; }
+
+table {
+   display: block; overflow: auto;
+   margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;
+}
+th { padding: .3em .5em; text-align: center; }
+td { padding: .2em .5em; }
+
+address { margin-bottom: 1em; }
+caption { margin-bottom: .5em; text-align: center; }
+sup { vertical-align: super; }
+sub { vertical-align: sub; }
+
+/* Style */
+
+h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, strong, dt, th { font-weight: bold; }
+
+/* The default color (black) is too dark for large text in
+   bold font. */
+h1, h2, h3, h4 { color: #333; }
+h5, h6, dt { color: #222; }
+
+a[href] { color: #005090; }
+a[href]:visited { color: #100070; }
+a[href]:active, a[href]:hover {
+   color: #100070;
+   text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+h1 a[href]:visited, h2 a[href]:visited, h3 a[href]:visited,
+ h4 a[href]:visited { color: #005090; }
+h1 a[href]:hover, h2 a[href]:hover, h3 a[href]:hover,
+ h4 a[href]:hover { color: #100070; }
+
+ol { list-style: decimal outside;}
+ul { list-style: square outside; }
+ul ul, ol ul { list-style: circle; }
+li { list-style: inherit; }
+
+hr { background-color: #ede6d5; }
+table { border: 0; }
+
+abbr,acronym {
+   border-bottom:1px dotted #000;
+   text-decoration: none;
+   cursor:help;
+}
+del { text-decoration: line-through; }
+em { font-style: italic; }
+small { font-size: .9em; }
+
+img { max-width: 100%}
+
+
+/*** SIMPLE CLASSES ***/
+
+.center, .c { text-align: center; }
+.nocenter{ text-align: left; }
+
+.underline { text-decoration: underline; }
+.nounderline { text-decoration: none; }
+
+.no-bullet { list-style: none; }
+.inline-list li { display: inline }
+
+.netscape4, .no-display { display: none; }
+
+
+/*** MANUAL PAGES ***/
+
+/* This makes the very long tables of contents in Gnulib and other
+   manuals easier to read. */
+.contents ul, .shortcontents ul { font-weight: bold; }
+.contents ul ul, .shortcontents ul ul { font-weight: normal; }
+.contents ul { list-style: none; }
+
+/* For colored navigation bars (Emacs manual): make the bar extend
+   across the whole width of the page and give it a decent height. */
+.header, .node { margin: 0 -1em; padding: 0 1em; }
+.header p, .node p { line-height: 2em; }
+
+/* For navigation links */
+.node a, .header a { display: inline-block; line-height: 2em; }
+.node a:hover, .header a:hover { background: #f2efe4; }
+
+/* Inserts */
+table.cartouche td { padding: 1.5em; }
+
+div.display, div.lisp, div.smalldisplay,
+ div.smalllisp { margin-left: 3%; }
+
+div.example, div.smallexample { padding: .8em 1.2em .4em; }
+pre.example { padding: .8em 1.2em; }
+div.example, div.smallexample, pre.smallexample, pre.example {
+   margin: 1em 0 1em 3% ;
+   -webkit-border-radius: .3em;
+   -moz-border-radius: .3em;
+   border-radius: .3em;
+   border: 1px solid #d4cbb6;
+   background-color: #f2efe4;
+}
+div.example > pre.example {
+   padding: 0 0 .4em;
+   margin: 0;
+   border: none;
+}
+
+pre.menu-comment { padding-top: 1.3em; margin: 0; }
+
+
+/*** FOR WIDE SCREENS ***/
+
+@media (min-width: 40em) {
+   body { padding: .5em 3em 1em 3em; }
+   div.header, div.node { margin: 0 -3em; padding: 0 3em; }
+}
+
+/* Style-sheet to use for Emacs manuals  */
+
+
+/* makeinfo convert @deffn and similar functions to something inside
+   <blockquote>.  style.css uses italic for blockquote.  This looks poor
+   in the Emacs manuals, which make extensive use of @defun (etc).
+   In particular, references to function arguments appear as <var>
+   inside <blockquote>.  Since <var> is also italic, it makes it
+   impossible to distinguish variables.  We could change <var> to
+   e.g. bold-italic, or normal, or a different color, but that does
+   not look as good IMO.  So we just override blockquote to be non-italic.
+   */
+blockquote { font-style: normal; }
+
+var { font-style: italic; }
diff --git a/doc/misc/Makefile.in b/doc/misc/Makefile.in
index 8ff823200a..b8e0e857bd 100644
--- a/doc/misc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/misc/Makefile.in
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ MKDIR_P = @MKDIR_P@
 
 GZIP_PROG = @GZIP_PROG@
 
-HTML_OPTS = --no-split --html
+HTML_OPTS = --no-split --html --css-include=../manual.css
 
 # Options used only when making info output.
 # (Note that idlwave, info used --nosplit even without the .info extension.)
diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index a5088b0a1f..29af25aab4 100644
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -3901,10 +3901,9 @@ where field is [0-9]+ followed by a literal dollar "$", flags is
 followed by [0-9]+.
 
 If a %-sequence is numbered with a field with positive value N, the
-Nth argument is substituted instead of the next one.  A field number
-should differ from the other field numbers in the same format.  A
-format can contain either numbered or unnumbered %-sequences but not
-both, except that %% can be mixed with numbered %-sequences.
+Nth argument is substituted instead of the next one.  A format can
+contain either numbered or unnumbered %-sequences but not both, except
+that %% can be mixed with numbered %-sequences.
 
 The + flag character inserts a + before any positive number, while a
 space inserts a space before any positive number; these flags only
