diff --git a/documentation/common.html b/documentation/common.html
index 2a2421cc1..d185f6e41 100644
--- a/documentation/common.html
+++ b/documentation/common.html
@@ -350,11 +350,12 @@ sign. Figure 3-4 shows the available symbols.</P>
 	<LI>+[1-9] or -[1-9] tweaks the scaling a little bigger
 	or smaller.</LI>
 
-	<LL>'$' flips the symbol horizontaly, '%' flips it verticaly.
+	<LI>'$' flips the symbol horizontaly, '%' flips it verticaly.</LI>
 
-	<LI>[1-9] - rotates by a multiple of 45 degrees. '5' and
+	<LI>[0-9] - rotates by a multiple of 45 degrees. '5' and
 	'6' do no rotation while the others point in the
-	direction of that key on a numeric keypad.</LI>
+	direction of that key on a numeric keypad. '0', followed by four
+	more digits rotates the symbol by that amount in degrees.</LI>
 
 </UL>
 
diff --git a/test/symbols.cxx b/test/symbols.cxx
index 6450a20a3..a62ac9385 100644
--- a/test/symbols.cxx
+++ b/test/symbols.cxx
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ bt("@arrow");
 bt("@returnarrow");
 bt("@square");
 bt("@circle");
-bt("@line");
+bt("@00010line");
 bt("@menu");
 bt("@UpArrow");
 bt("@DnArrow");