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diff --git a/Build/source/utils/autosp/autosp-src/autosp.1 b/Build/source/utils/autosp/autosp-src/autosp.1
index aeaf6a59cf4..dd66df84458 100644
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\" This manpage is licensed under the GNU Public License
-.TH AUTOSP 1 2016-10-31 "" ""
+.TH AUTOSP 1 2017-04-06 "" ""
.SH NAME
autosp \- preprocessor to generate note-spacing commands for MusiXTeX scores
@@ -126,9 +126,14 @@ coded using the standard \\def\\atnextbar notation but also
the non-standard command \\Cpause in a note segment generates a
bar-centered rest.
-Spacing commands \\sk and \\hsk
-(but not \\qsk, \\hqsk or \\qqsk)
-in the source are discarded.
+Spacing commands \\sk and \\hsk in the source are discarded,
+but not \\qsk, \\hqsk or \\qqsk;
+moreover
+non-standard commands
+\\Qsk, \\HQsk and \\QQsk generate "global" skips; i.e., the effect of \\qsk, \\hqsk or \\qqsk in
+.I every
+staff.
+
A note segment can be completely empty, but if a note segment should start
with or contain a "space," the note-value
of that space must be made explicit with a command of the
@@ -209,7 +214,9 @@ of
64ths.
.B autosp
cannot deal with simultaneous x-tuplets in multiple staffs unless the x values and
-note durations are identical.
+note durations are identical. Global skips (\\QQsk, \\HQsk and \\Qsk) are
+ineffective if a staff has an x-tuplet; however, "local" skips (\\qqsk, \\hqsk, \\qsk)
+are effective.
User-defined macros are not processed or expanded.