-@item Balance Parentheses
-Emacs can balance parentheses manually or automatically. Manual
-balancing is done by the commands to move over balanced expressions
-(@pxref{Lists}). Automatic balancing is done by blinking or
-highlighting the parenthesis that matches one just inserted
-(@pxref{Matching,,Matching Parens}).
+@item Balancing Parentheses
+Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either
+manually or automatically. You do manual balancing with the commands
+to move over parenthetical groupings (@pxref{Moving by Parens}).
+Automatic balancing works by blinking or highlighting the delimiter
+that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching
+Parens}).
+
+@item Balanced Expressions
+A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such
+as a symbol, number, string constant, block, or parenthesized expression
+in C. @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}.