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diff --git a/man/glossary.texi b/man/glossary.texi
index bc07c0b4058..de8c26fad3d 100644
--- a/man/glossary.texi
+++ b/man/glossary.texi
@@ -66,11 +66,17 @@ editing session.  Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you
 track down or cancel changes you later regret making.  @xref{Backup}.
 
 @item Balance Parentheses
-Emacs can balance parentheses manually or automatically.  Manual
-balancing is done by the commands to move over balanced expressions
-(@pxref{Lists}).  Automatic balancing is done by blinking or
-highlighting the parenthesis that matches one just inserted
-(@pxref{Matching,,Matching Parens}).
+Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either
+manually or automatically.  Manual balancing is done by the commands
+to move over parenthetical groupings (@pxref{Moving by Parens}).
+Automatic balancing is done by blinking or highlighting the delimiter
+that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching
+Parens}).
+
+@item Balanced Expressions
+A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such
+as a symbol, number, string constant, block, parenthesized expression
+in C.  @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}.
 
 @item Balloon Help
 See `tooltips.'
@@ -290,9 +296,9 @@ it is interpreted relative to the current buffer's default directory.
 @xref{Minibuffer File,Default Directory}.
 
 @item Defun
-A defun is a list at the top level of parenthesis or bracket structure
-in a program.  It is so named because most such lists in Lisp programs
-are calls to the Lisp function @code{defun}.  @xref{Defuns}.
+A defun is a major definition at the top level in a program.  The name
+comes from Lisp, where most such definitions use the construct
+@code{defun}.  @xref{Defuns}.
 
 @item @key{DEL}
 @key{DEL} is a character that runs the command to delete one character of
@@ -399,6 +405,9 @@ like the @key{SHIFT} key, is held down while another character is
 typed), you press the @key{ESC} key as you would press a letter key, and
 it applies to the next character you type.
 
+@item Expression
+See `balanced expression.'
+
 @item Expunging
 Expunging an Rmail file or Dired buffer or a Gnus newsgroup buffer is an
 operation that truly discards the messages or files you have previously
@@ -674,7 +683,7 @@ parenthesis and ending with the matching close parenthesis.  In C mode
 and other non-Lisp modes, groupings surrounded by other kinds of matched
 delimiters appropriate to the language, such as braces, are also
 considered lists.  Emacs has special commands for many operations on
-lists.  @xref{Lists}.
+lists.  @xref{Moving by Parens}.
 
 @item Local
 Local means ``in effect only in a particular context''; the relevant
@@ -1044,11 +1053,11 @@ Emacs has commands for moving by or killing by sentences.
 @xref{Sentences}.
 
 @item Sexp
-A sexp (short for ``s-expression'') is the basic syntactic unit of Lisp
-in its textual form: either a list, or Lisp atom.  Many Emacs commands
-operate on sexps.  The term `sexp' is generalized to languages other
-than Lisp, to mean a syntactically recognizable expression, such as a
-block or a parenthesized expression in C.  @xref{Lists,Sexps}.
+A sexp (short for ``s-expression'') is the basic syntactic unit of
+Lisp in its textual form: either a list, or Lisp atom.  Sexps are also
+the balanced expressions (q.v.@:) of the Lisp language; this is why
+the commands for editing balanced expressions have `sexp' in their
+name.  @xref{Expressions,Sexps}.
 
 @item Simultaneous Editing
 Simultaneous editing means two users modifying the same file at once.
@@ -1160,7 +1169,7 @@ level by aborting (q.v.@:) and quitting (q.v.@:).  @xref{Quitting}.
 @item Transposition
 Transposing two units of text means putting each one into the place
 formerly occupied by the other.  There are Emacs commands to transpose
-two adjacent characters, words, sexps (q.v.@:) or lines
+two adjacent characters, words, balanced expressions (q.v.@:) or lines
 (@pxref{Transpose}).
 
 @item Truncation