It seems to me that this sentence, from the emacs tutorial (the 'help-with-tutorial' command), contains a slight mistake:
"On most terminals, the "<" is above the comma, so you must use the shift key to type it. On these terminals you must use the shift key to type M-< also; without the shift key, you would be typing M-comma."
This sentence was probably not meant to include a repetition
of the explanation that pressing the shift key is needed for typing '<', but rather that pressing the shift key is needed also while typing '>'.
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Michael
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