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diff --git a/macros/texinfo/latest/texinfo.tex b/macros/texinfo/latest/texinfo.tex
index c7ebff708f..f11181274c 100644
--- a/macros/texinfo/latest/texinfo.tex
+++ b/macros/texinfo/latest/texinfo.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
% Load plain if necessary, i.e., if running under initex.
\expandafter\ifx\csname fmtname\endcsname\relax\input plain\fi
%
-\def\texinfoversion{2022-08-18.14}
+\def\texinfoversion{2022-08-21.14}
%
% Copyright 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
%
@@ -725,32 +725,21 @@ where each line of input produces a line of output.}
\dimen2 = \ht\strutbox
\advance\dimen2 by \dp\strutbox
\ifdim\dimen0 > \dimen2
+ % This is similar to the 'needspace' module in LaTeX.
+ % The first penalty allows a break if the end of the page is
+ % not too far away. Following penalties and skips are discarded.
+ % Otherwise, require at least \dimen0 of vertical space.
%
- % Do a \strut just to make the height of this box be normal, so the
- % normal leading is inserted relative to the preceding line.
- % And a page break here is fine.
- \vtop to #1\mil{\strut\vfil}%
- %
- % TeX does not even consider page breaks if a penalty added to the
- % main vertical list is 10000 or more. But in order to see if the
- % empty box we just added fits on the page, we must make it consider
- % page breaks. On the other hand, we don't want to actually break the
- % page after the empty box. So we use a penalty of 9999.
- %
- % There is an extremely small chance that TeX will actually break the
- % page at this \penalty, if there are no other feasible breakpoints in
- % sight. (If the user is using lots of big @group commands, which
- % almost-but-not-quite fill up a page, TeX will have a hard time doing
- % good page breaking, for example.) However, I could not construct an
- % example where a page broke at this \penalty; if it happens in a real
- % document, then we can reconsider our strategy.
+ % (We used to use a \vtop to reserve space, but this had spacing issues
+ % when followed by a section heading, as it was not a "discardable item".
+ % This also has the benefit of providing glue before the page break if
+ % there isn't enough space.)
+ \vskip0pt plus \dimen0
+ \penalty-100
+ \vskip0pt plus -\dimen0
+ \vskip \dimen0
\penalty9999
- %
- % Back up by the size of the box, whether we did a page break or not.
- \kern -#1\mil
- %
- % Do not allow a page break right after this kern.
- \nobreak
+ \vskip -\dimen0\relax
\fi
}