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diff --git a/Documentation/notation/simultaneous.itely b/Documentation/notation/simultaneous.itely
index d9c7fb42d4..c9810d62c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/notation/simultaneous.itely
+++ b/Documentation/notation/simultaneous.itely
@@ -559,6 +559,28 @@ upstems, and the even-numbered voices are given downstems:
 >>
 @end lilypond
 
+@funindex \voices
+When a different voice entry order is desired, the command
+@code{\voices} may be convenient:
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+\new Staff \voices 1,3,5,6,4,2 <<
+  \time 2/4
+  { f''2 }  % 1: highest
+  \\
+  { d''2 }  % 3: second-highest
+  \\
+  { b'2  }  % 5: third-highest
+  \\
+  { g'2  }  % 6: third-lowest
+  \\
+  { e'2  }  % 4: second-lowest
+  \\
+  { c'2  }  % 2: lowest
+>>
+@end lilypond
+
+
 @warning{Lyrics and spanners (such as slurs, ties, hairpins, etc.) cannot
 be created @q{across} voices.}