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--- source	(revision 7120)
+++ source	(revision 7121)
@@ -19821,7 +19821,12 @@
 
   <p class="note">Contact information for the author or editor of a
   section belongs in an <code>address</code> element, possibly itself
-  inside a <code>footer</code>.</p>
+  inside a <code>footer</code>. Bylines and other information that
+  could be suitable for both a <code>header</code> or a
+  <code>footer</code> can be placed in either (or neither). The
+  primary purpose of these elements is merely to help the author write
+  self-explanatory markup that is easy to maintain and style; they are
+  not intended to impose specific structures on authors.</p>
 
   <p>Footers don't necessarily have to appear at the <em>end</em> of a
   section, though they usually do.</p>
@@ -23576,9 +23581,9 @@
 
   <p>The <code>var</code> element <span>represents</span> a variable.
   This could be an actual variable in a mathematical expression or
-  programming context, an identifier representing a constant, a
-  function parameter, or just be a term used as a placeholder in
-  prose.</p>
+  programming context, an identifier representing a constant, a symbol
+  identifying a physical quantity, a function parameter, or just be a
+  term used as a placeholder in prose.</p>
 
   <div class="example">
    <p>In the paragraph below, the letter "n" is being used as a

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