-This is how to control fingering on single notes, but the
-@code{direction}
-property is ignored for chords. Instead, by default, the
-fingering is automatically placed both above and below the
+However, overriding the @code{direction} property is not the
+easiest way of manually setting the fingering above or below
+the notes; using @code{_} or @code{^} instead of @code{-} before
+the fingering number is usually preferable. Here is the previous
+example using this method:
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim,relative=2]
+c-5 a-3 f-1 c'-5
+c_5 a_3 f_1 c'_5
+c^5 a^3 f^1 c'^5
+@end lilypond
+
+The @code{direction} property is ignored for chords, but the
+directional prefixes, @code{_} and @code{^} do work. By default,
+the fingering is automatically placed both above and below the