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@@ -1452,9 +1452,10 @@ the displayed column number to count from one, you may set
@cindex narrowing, and line number display
If you have narrowed the buffer (@pxref{Narrowing}), the displayed
line number is relative to the accessible portion of the buffer.
-Thus, it isn't suitable as an argument to @code{goto-line}. (Use
-@code{what-line} command to see the line number relative to the whole
-file.)
+Thus, it isn't suitable as an argument to @code{goto-line}. (The
+command @code{what-line} shows the line number relative to the whole
+file.) You can use @code{goto-line-relative} command to move point to
+the line relative to the accessible portion of the narrowed buffer.
@vindex line-number-display-limit
If the buffer is very large (larger than the value of