@end defvar
@defvar mode-line-position-line-format
-The format used for display line numbers when @code{line-number-mode}
+The format used to display line numbers when @code{line-number-mode}
(@pxref{Optional Mode Line,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}) is
switched on. @samp{%l} in the format will be replaced with the line
number.
@end defvar
@defvar mode-line-position-column-format
-The format used for display column numbers when
+The format used to display column numbers when
@code{column-number-mode} (@pxref{Optional Mode Line,,, emacs, The GNU
Emacs Manual}) is switched on. @samp{%c} in the format will be
replaced with the line number, and this is zero-based if