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diff --git a/man/mh-sequence.man7 b/man/mh-sequence.man7
index eb54adc..b96230e 100644
--- a/man/mh-sequence.man7
+++ b/man/mh-sequence.man7
@@ -215,37 +215,28 @@ will write to the
 file.
 
 .SS "The Unseen Sequence"
-Finally, many users like to indicate which messages have not been
-previously seen by them.  The commands
+Finally, the unseen sequence indicates which messages have not been
+previously seen by the user.
+The commands
 .BR inc ,
 .BR rcvstore ,
 .BR show ,
 .BR mhshow ,
 and
 .B flist
-honor the profile entry
-\*(lqUnseen\-Sequence\*(rq to support this activity.  This entry
-in the
-.I .mmh/profile
-should be defined as one or more sequence
-names separated by spaces.  If there is a value for
-\*(lqUnseen\-Sequence\*(rq in the profile, then whenever new messages
-are placed in a folder (using
+honor the sequence.
+Whenever new messages are placed in a folder (using
 .B inc
 or
 .BR rcvstore ),
-the new messages will also be added to all the sequences named in this
-profile entry.  For example, a profile entry of
-.PP
-.RS 5
-Unseen\-Sequence: unseen
+the new messages will also be added to the unseen sequence.
 .RE
 .PP
-directs
-.B inc
-to add new messages to the sequence \*(lqunseen\*(rq.
-Unlike the behavior of the \*(lqPrevious\-Sequence\*(rq entry in the
-profile, however, the sequence(s) will
+.BR inc ,
+for example,
+adds new messages to the unseen sequence.
+Unlike the behavior of the previous sequence, however,
+the unseen sequence will
 .B not
 be zeroed by
 .BR inc .
@@ -256,9 +247,19 @@ Similarly, whenever
 .BR next ,
 or
 .B prev
-displays a message, that message will be removed from
-any sequences named by the \*(lqUnseen\-Sequence\*(rq entry in the
-profile.
+display a message, that message will be removed from
+the unseen sequence.
+.PP
+The default unseen sequence is named `u'.
+To change, define a \*(lqUnseen\-Sequence\*(rq entry in your profile.
+It may also contain multiple sequence names, separated by spaces.
+In this case, anything that applied to a single unseen sequence,
+applies to multiple ones, too.
+.PP
+The unseen sequence mechanism is automatically activated.
+To deactivate it, define the \*(lqUnseen\-Sequence\*(rq entry
+in your profile with an empty value.
+
 
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~