@@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ Options affecting specific writers
401401: Offset for section headings in HTML output (ignored in other
402402 output formats). The first number is added to the section number for
403403 top-level headers, the second for second-level headers, and so on.
404+ So, for example, if you want the first top-level header in your
405+ document to be numbered "6", specify `--number-offset=5`.
406+ If your document starts with a level-2 header which you want to
407+ be numbered "1.5", specify `--number-offset=1,4`.
404408 Offsets are 0 by default. Implies `--number-sections`.
405409
406410`--no-tex-ligatures`