<note>
<para>
-<command>reply-hook</command>s are matched <emphasis>before</emphasis>
-the <command>send-hook</command>, <emphasis>regardless</emphasis> of the
-order specified in the user's configuration file.
+<command>reply-hook</command>s are matched <emphasis>before</emphasis> the
+<command>send-hook</command>, <emphasis>regardless</emphasis> of the order
+specified in the user's configuration file. However, you can inhibit
+<command>send-hook</command> in the reply case by using the pattern
+<literal>'! ~Q'</literal> (<emphasis>not replied</emphasis>, see
+<xref linkend="pattern-hook"/>) in the <command>send-hook</command> to tell
+when <command>reply-hook</command> have been executed.
</para>
</note>