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8.3 @indentedblock: Indented text blocks

The @indentedblock environment is similar to @quotation, except that text is only indented on the left (and there is no optional argument for an author). Thus, the text font remains unchanged, and text is gathered and filled as usual, but the left margin is increased. For example:

This is an example of text written between an @indentedblock command and an @end indentedblock command. The @indentedblock environment can contain any text or other commands desired.

This is written in the Texinfo source as:

@indentedblock
This is an example ...
@end indentedblock

Texinfo also provides a command @smallindentedblock, which is just like @indentedblock but uses a smaller font size where possible. See @small….