-If you set any variables, including style variables, by the file local
-variables mechanism, these settings take priority over all other
-settings, even those in your mode hooks (@pxref{CC Hooks}). If you
-use @code{c-file-style} or @code{c-file-offsets} and also explicitly
-set a style variable in a local variable block, the explicit setting
-will take priority.
-
+If you set any variable by the file local variables mechanism, that
+setting takes priority over all other settings, even those in your
+mode hooks (@pxref{CC Hooks}). Any individual setting of a variable
+will override one made through @code{c-file-style} or
+@code{c-file-offsets}.