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@@ -2828,12 +2828,23 @@ a locator, and a suffix. The citation key must begin with a letter, digit,
or `_`, and may contain alphanumerics, `_`, and internal punctuation
characters (`:.#$%&-+?<>~/`). Here are some examples:
- Blah blah [see @doe99, pp. 33-35; also @smith04, ch. 1].
+ Blah blah [see @doe99, pp. 33-35; also @smith04, chap. 1].
Blah blah [@doe99, pp. 33-35, 38-39 and *passim*].
Blah blah [@smith04; @doe99].
+`pandoc-citeproc` detects locator terms based on the [CSL locale files].
+Either abbreviated or unabbreviated forms are accepted. In the `en-US` locale,
+locator terms include `book`, `bk.`; `chapter`, `chap.`; `column`, `col.`;
+`figure`, `fig.`; `folio`, `f.`; `number`, `no.`; `line`, `l.`; `note`, `n.`;
+`opus`, `op.`; `page`, `p.`; `paragraph`, `para.`; `part`, `pt.`;
+`section`, `sec.`; `sub verbo`, `s.v.`; `verse`, `v.`; `volume`, `vol.`
+as well as the plural forms of all these. If no locator term is used,
+"page" is assumed.
+
+ [CSL locale files]: https://github.com/citation-style-language/locales
+
A minus sign (`-`) before the `@` will suppress mention of
the author in the citation. This can be useful when the
author is already mentioned in the text: