diff --git a/frontend/src/components/papers/PaperParagraph.vue b/frontend/src/components/papers/PaperParagraph.vue
index b1f3714..9338b35 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/papers/PaperParagraph.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/papers/PaperParagraph.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /**
  * One paragraph of a paper, as the reader sees it.
  *
- * Two things about this component carry the feature's contracts:
+ * Three things about this component carry the feature's contracts:
  *
  * 1. **The structure is never skipped.** A paragraph with no sentences still
  *    renders its heading and a quiet placeholder, because the paper's shape
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
  *    `sort` order, one after another, with no separator added — Chinese
  *    sentences already end in punctuation, and inserting anything between them
  *    would show up in the text.
+ * 3. **Nothing but the writing is printed.** No position numbers, no ids, no
+ *    counts — this is the paper, not the editor. `sort` is a writing detail and
+ *    the places that show it are the paragraph dialog (its title and every
+ *    sentence row) and the list, which is where it is acted on.
  *
  * A sentence that quotes something gets a superscript marker numbered by the
  * paper's citation list, so the marker and the 参考文献 entry cannot disagree.
@@ -54,10 +58,11 @@ const anchor = computed(() => `paragraph-${props.paragraph.paper_template_filed_
 <template>
   <section :id="anchor" class="paragraph" :class="{ 'is-unset': !paragraph.matched }">
     <header class="paragraph-head">
+      <!-- The heading is the template's own text and nothing else. The
+           paragraph's position is a writing detail — the editor shows it, on
+           the dialog and beside every sentence — and printing it next to every
+           heading puts an implementation number in the middle of the paper. -->
       <h3 class="paragraph-title" :style="{ paddingLeft: headingIndent }">
-        <span class="paragraph-sort" :title="`sort = ${paragraph.paper_template_filed_sort}`">
-          {{ paragraph.paper_template_filed_sort }}
-        </span>
         <span v-if="paragraph.name" class="paragraph-name" :style="headingStyle">
           {{ paragraph.name }}
         </span>
@@ -156,21 +161,6 @@ const anchor = computed(() => `paragraph-${props.paragraph.paper_template_filed_
   line-height: 1.6;
 }
 
-/* The position the paragraph occupies in the document. Shown because it is
-   what a sentence is addressed by, and what survives a template switch. */
-.paragraph-sort {
-  flex: 0 0 auto;
-  min-width: 24px;
-  padding: 0 6px;
-  font-size: 11px;
-  font-weight: 400;
-  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
-  text-align: center;
-  color: var(--el-text-color-secondary);
-  background-color: var(--el-fill-color);
-  border-radius: 4px;
-}
-
 .paragraph-name {
   min-width: 0;
   overflow-wrap: anywhere;