Clarified description of clobber -auto/-suffix per Ralph's suggestion.

[mmh] / man / mhstore.man

diff --git a/man/mhstore.man b/man/mhstore.man
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--- a/man/mhstore.man
+++ b/man/mhstore.man
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ With
 and
 .IR suffix ,
 .I n
-is one beyond the existing file with the highest number in the same
-form.
-If a filename does not have an extension (following a '.'), then
+is one beyond the existing file with the highest unused number,
+starting from one, in the same form.  If a filename does not have an
+extension (following a '.'), then
 .I auto
 and
 .I suffix