<refsynopsisdiv>
<src:fragment id='title.margin.left.frag'>
-<xsl:param name="title.margin.left" select="'-4pc'"/>
+<xsl:param name="title.margin.left">
+ <xsl:choose>
+ <xsl:when test="$passivetex.extensions != 0">0pt</xsl:when>
+ <xsl:otherwise>-4pc</xsl:otherwise>
+ </xsl:choose>
+</xsl:param>
</src:fragment>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1><title>Description</title>
-<para>This parameter adjusts the left margin for titles.
+<para>This parameter adjusts the left margin for titles,
+effectively leaving the titles at the left
+margin and indenting the body text.
+The default value is -4pc, which means the
+body text is indented 4 picas relative to
+the titles.
+</para>
+<para>
If you set the value to zero, be sure to still include
a unit indicator such as <literal>0pt</literal>, or
the FO processor will report errors.
</para>
+<para>
+This parameter is set to 0pt if the
+<parameter>passivetex.extensions</paramater>
+parameter is nonzero because PassiveTeX cannot handle
+the math expression with negative values
+used to calculate the indents.
+</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>