-The way markup expressions are defined affects
-how these expressions will be stacked, centered and aligned
-when using the commands explained in @ref{Text alignment}.
-
-@lilypond[quote,verbatim,fragment,relative=1]
-c1^\markup { \column { a bbbb \line { c d } } }
-c1^\markup { \center-column { a bbbb c } }
-c1^\markup { \line { a b c } }
-@end lilypond
-
-Lists of words that are not enclosed with double quotes
-or preceded by a command are not treated as a distinct
-expression. In the following example, the first two
-@code{\markup} expressions are equivalent:
+To be treated as a distinct expression, a list of words needs
+to be enclosed with double quotes or preceded by a command.
+The way markup expressions are defined affects how these
+expressions will be stacked, centered and aligned; in the
+following example, the second @code{\markup} expression is
+treated the same as the first one: