Crescendos and decrescendos can be engraved as textual markings
instead of hairpins. Dashed lines are printed to indicate their
-extent. The built-in commands that enable these text modes are
-@code{\crescTextCresc}, @code{\dimTextDecresc},
-@code{\dimTextDecr}, and @code{\dimTextDim}. The corresponding
+extent. The built-in commands @code{\crescTextCresc},
+@code{\dimTextDecresc}, @code{\dimTextDecr}, and @code{\dimTextDim}
+will tell LilyPond to use such textual marks instead of hairpins
+for all subsequent @code{\<} and @code{\>} commands. The corresponding
@code{\crescHairpin} and @code{\dimHairpin} commands will revert
to hairpins again: