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diff --git a/doc/variables.texi b/doc/variables.texi
index dcb7ba7dfb..cc73470fd5 100644
--- a/doc/variables.texi
+++ b/doc/variables.texi
@@ -127,19 +127,20 @@ FILE LABEL}.
 @vindex FORMATS
 
 @display
-FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec).
+FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec) [var_list (fmt_spec)]@dots{}.
 @end display
 
 @cmd{FORMATS} set both print and write formats for the specified
-numeric variables to the specified format specification.
+variables to the specified format specification.
 @xref{Input and Output Formats}.
 
 Specify a list of variables followed by a format specification in
 parentheses.  The print and write formats of the specified variables
-will be changed.
+will be changed.  All of the variables listed together must have
+the same type and, for string variables, the same width.
 
-Additional lists of variables and formats may be included if they are
-delimited by a slash (@samp{/}).
+Additional lists of variables and formats may be included following
+the first one.
 
 @cmd{FORMATS} takes effect immediately.  It is not affected by
 conditional and looping structures such as @cmd{DO IF} or @cmd{LOOP}.
@@ -275,25 +276,6 @@ not.
 @cmd{MODIFY VARS} may not be specified following @cmd{TEMPORARY}
 (@pxref{TEMPORARY}).
 
-@node NUMERIC
-@section NUMERIC
-@vindex NUMERIC
-
-@display
-NUMERIC /var_list [(fmt_spec)].
-@end display
-
-@cmd{NUMERIC} explicitly declares new numeric variables, optionally
-setting their output formats.
-
-Specify a slash (@samp{/}), followed by the names of the new numeric
-variables.  If you wish to set their output formats, follow their names
-by an output format specification in parentheses (@pxref{Input and Output
-Formats}); otherwise, the default is F8.2.
-
-Variables created with @cmd{NUMERIC} are initialized to the
-system-missing value.
-
 @node MRSETS
 @section MRSETS
 @vindex MRSETS
@@ -401,16 +383,35 @@ Multiple response sets are saved to and read from system files by,
 e.g., the @cmd{SAVE} and @cmd{GET} command.  Otherwise, multiple
 response sets are currently used only by third party software.
 
+@node NUMERIC
+@section NUMERIC
+@vindex NUMERIC
+
+@display
+NUMERIC /var_list [(fmt_spec)].
+@end display
+
+@cmd{NUMERIC} explicitly declares new numeric variables, optionally
+setting their output formats.
+
+Specify a slash (@samp{/}), followed by the names of the new numeric
+variables.  If you wish to set their output formats, follow their names
+by an output format specification in parentheses (@pxref{Input and Output
+Formats}); otherwise, the default is F8.2.
+
+Variables created with @cmd{NUMERIC} are initialized to the
+system-missing value.
+
 @node PRINT FORMATS
 @section PRINT FORMATS
 @vindex PRINT FORMATS
 
 @display
-PRINT FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec).
+PRINT FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec) [var_list (fmt_spec)]@dots{}.
 @end display
 
 @cmd{PRINT FORMATS} sets the print formats for the specified
-numeric variables to the specified format specification.
+variables to the specified format specification.
 
 Its syntax is identical to that of @cmd{FORMATS} (@pxref{FORMATS}),
 but @cmd{PRINT FORMATS} sets only print formats, not write formats.
@@ -453,6 +454,10 @@ To set up value labels for a set of variables, specify the
 variable names after a slash (@samp{/}), followed by a list of values
 and their associated labels, separated by spaces.
 
+Value labels in output are normally broken into lines automatically.
+Put @samp{\n} in a label string to force a line break at that point.
+The label may still be broken into lines at additional points.
+
 Before @cmd{VALUE LABELS} is executed, any existing value labels
 are cleared from the variables specified.  Use @cmd{ADD VALUE LABELS}
 (@pxref{ADD VALUE LABELS}) to add value labels without clearing those
@@ -655,11 +660,10 @@ Variables within a vector may be referenced in expressions using
 @vindex WRITE FORMATS
 
 @display
-WRITE FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec).
+WRITE FORMATS var_list (fmt_spec) [var_list (fmt_spec)]@dots{}.
 @end display
 
-@cmd{WRITE FORMATS} sets the write formats for the specified numeric
-variables
+@cmd{WRITE FORMATS} sets the write formats for the specified variables
 to the specified format specification.  Its syntax is identical to
 that of FORMATS (@pxref{FORMATS}), but @cmd{WRITE FORMATS} sets only
 write formats, not print formats.