-To assign a variable label to a group of variables, specify a slash
-(@samp{/}), followed by the list of variable names and the variable
-label as a string.
+To assign a variable label to a group of variables, specify a
+list of variable names and the variable label as a string.
+To assign different labels to different variables in the same command,
+precede the subsequent variable list with a slash (@samp{/}).
+
+
+@node VARIABLE ALIGNMENT
+@comment node-name, next, previous, u
+@section VARIABLE ALIGNMENT
+@vindex VARIABLE ALIGNMENT
+
+@display
+VARIABLE ALIGNMENT
+ var_list ( LEFT | RIGHT | CENTER )
+ [ /var_list ( LEFT | RIGHT | CENTER ) ]
+ .
+ .
+ .
+ [ /var_list ( LEFT | RIGHT | CENTER ) ]
+@end display
+
+@cmd{VARIABLE ALIGNMENT} sets the alignment of variables for display editing
+purposes. This only has effect for third party software. It does not affect
+the display of variables in the PSPP output.
+