diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index 009d2166..f79c8f61 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: tmux.1,v 1.54 2009-01-07 23:07:42 nicm Exp $
+.\" $Id: tmux.1,v 1.55 2009-01-07 23:09:51 nicm Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
 .\"
@@ -715,7 +715,8 @@ may contain any of the following special character pairs:
 .It Li "##" Ta "A literal" Ql #
 .El
 .Pp
-These may be prefixed with a number to specify the maximum length, for example
+Where appropriate, these may be prefixed with a number to specify the maximum
+length, for example
 .Ql #24T .
 .It Ic status-left-length Ar length
 Set the maximum