- When you want to insert a new line of text before an existing line,
-you just type the new line of text, followed by @key{RET}. If you
-prefer to create a blank line first and then insert the desired text,
-use the key @kbd{C-o} (@code{open-line}), which inserts a newline after
-point but leaves point in front of the newline. Then type
-the text into the new line. @kbd{C-o F O O} has the same effect as
-@kbd{F O O @key{RET}}, except for the final location of point.
-
- To create several blank lines, type @kbd{C-o} several times, or
-give @kbd{C-o} an argument indicating how many blank lines to create.
-@xref{Arguments}, for more information.
-
- If you have many blank lines in a row and want to get rid of them, use
-@kbd{C-x C-o} (@code{delete-blank-lines}). If point is on a blank
-line which is adjacent to at least one other blank line, @kbd{C-x C-o}
-deletes all but one of the blank lines.
-If point is on a blank line with no other adjacent blank line, the
-sole blank line is deleted. If point is on a non-blank
-line, @kbd{C-x C-o} deletes any blank lines following that non-blank
-line.
+ When you want to insert a new line of text before an existing line, you
+can do it by typing the new line of text, followed by @key{RET}.
+However, it may be easier to see what you are doing if you first make a
+blank line and then insert the desired text into it. This is easy to do
+using the key @kbd{C-o} (@code{open-line}), which inserts a newline
+after point but leaves point in front of the newline. After @kbd{C-o},
+type the text for the new line. @kbd{C-o F O O} has the same effect as
+@w{@kbd{F O O @key{RET}}}, except for the final location of point.
+
+ You can make several blank lines by typing @kbd{C-o} several times, or
+by giving it a numeric argument to tell it how many blank lines to make.
+@xref{Arguments}, for how. If you have a fill prefix, then @kbd{C-o}
+command inserts the fill prefix on the new line, when you use it at the
+beginning of a line. @xref{Fill Prefix}.
+
+ The easy way to get rid of extra blank lines is with the command
+@kbd{C-x C-o} (@code{delete-blank-lines}). @kbd{C-x C-o} in a run of
+several blank lines deletes all but one of them. @kbd{C-x C-o} on a
+solitary blank line deletes that blank line. When point is on a
+nonblank line, @kbd{C-x C-o} deletes any blank lines following that
+nonblank line.