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 \pnum
 \begin{note}
-The keyword
-\keyword{this}
-cannot appear in a default argument of a member function;
+\keyword{this} cannot appear as a subexpression of
+a default argument of a member function;
 see~\ref{expr.prim.this}.
 \begin{example}
 \begin{codeblock}