Clarifies that multi-measure rests can be used for a single bar.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
        \justify and \wordwrap, add "upright is the opposite of italic".
 
        * Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely: shaped->shape,
-       add (cons (markup "foo")) type of example to text markup.
+       add (cons (markup "foo")) type of example to text markup,
+       reword multi-measure rests section.
 
        * lily/note-heads-engraver.cc: changed Shaped->Shape in a
        comment.  No actual code was touched.
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@
        * Documentation/user/global.itely: document \score{\header{}}
        behavior.
 
+       * Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely: reword multi-measure
+       rest discussion in Rests.
+
 2005-08-08  Mats Bengtsson  <mabe@drongo.s3.kth.se>
 
        * Documentation/user/programming-interface.itely (Markup

diff --git a/Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely b/Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely
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--- a/Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely
@@ -556,13 +556,15 @@ individual parts.
 @subsection Multi measure rests
 
 @cindex multi measure rests
+@cindex full measure rests
 @cindex Rests, multi measure
+@cindex Rests, full measure
 @cindex whole rests for a full measure
 @cindex @code{R}
 
-Multi-measure rests are entered using `@code{R}'.  It is specifically
-meant for full bar rests and for entering parts: the rest can expand
-to fill a score with rests, or it can be printed as a single
+Rests for one full measure (or many bars) are entered using `@code{R}'.  It
+is specifically meant for full bar rests and for entering parts: the rest
+can expand to fill a score with rests, or it can be printed as a single
 multi-measure rest.  This expansion is controlled by the property
 @code{Score.skipBars}.  If this is set to true, empty measures will not
 be expanded, and the appropriate number is added automatically

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--- a/Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ r1 r2 r4 r8
 @end lilypond
 
 Whole bar rests, centered in middle of the bar,
-must be done with multi-measure rests.  They are discussed in
+must be done with multi-measure rests.  They can be used for a
+single bar as well as many bars, and are discussed in
 @ref{Multi measure rests}.