- Ordinary terminals have only one cursor, so there is no way for Emacs
-to show you where the mark is located. You have to remember. The usual
-solution to this problem is to set the mark and then use it soon, before
-you forget where it is. Alternatively, you can see where the mark is
-with the command @kbd{C-x C-x} (@code{exchange-point-and-mark}) which
-puts the mark where point was and point where the mark was. The extent
-of the region is unchanged, but the cursor and point are now at the
-previous position of the mark. In Transient Mark mode, this command
-also reactivates the mark.
+ When Emacs was developed, terminals had only one cursor, so Emacs
+does not show where the mark is located--you have to remember. If you
+enable Transient Mark mode (see below), then the region is highlighted
+when it is active; you can tell mark is at the other end of the
+highlighted region. But this only applies when the mark is active.
+
+ The usual solution to this problem is to set the mark and then use
+it soon, before you forget where it is. Alternatively, you can see
+where the mark is with the command @kbd{C-x C-x}
+(@code{exchange-point-and-mark}) which puts the mark where point was
+and point where the mark was. The extent of the region is unchanged,
+but the cursor and point are now at the previous position of the mark.
+In Transient Mark mode, this command also reactivates the mark.