diff --git a/appendices/migration56.xml b/appendices/migration56.xml
index c812a7f81e..0172955754 100644
--- a/appendices/migration56.xml
+++ b/appendices/migration56.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
 <appendix xml:id="migration56" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Migrating from PHP 5.5.x to PHP 5.6.x</title>
 
+ <para>
+  Most improvements in PHP 5.6.x have no impact on existing code. There are
+  a <link linkend="migration56.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
+  and <link linkend="migration56.new-features">new features</link> that should
+  be considered, and code should be tested before switching PHP
+  versions in production environments.
+ </para>
+
  &appendices.migration56.incompatible;
  &appendices.migration56.new-features;
  &appendices.migration56.deprecated;
@@ -21,17 +29,6 @@
  &appendices.migration56.openssl;
  &appendices.migration56.extensions;
  &appendices.migration56.constants;
-
- <sect1 annotations="chunk:false" xml:id="migration56.intro">
-  <para>
-   Most improvements in PHP 5.6.x have no impact on existing code. There are
-   a <link linkend="migration56.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
-   and <link linkend="migration56.new-features">new features</link> that should
-   be considered, and code should be tested before switching PHP
-   versions in production environments.
-  </para>
-
- </sect1>
 </appendix>
 
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diff --git a/appendices/migration70.xml b/appendices/migration70.xml
index 7f48645c86..db3efc51fb 100644
--- a/appendices/migration70.xml
+++ b/appendices/migration70.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@
 <appendix xml:id="migration70" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Migrating from PHP 5.6.x to PHP 7.0.x</title>
 
+ <para>
+  Despite the fact that PHP 7.0 is a new major version, efforts have been
+  made to make migration as painless as possible. This release focuses
+  mainly on removing functionality deprecated in previous versions and
+  improving language consistency.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+  There are a <link linkend="migration70.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
+  and <link linkend="migration70.new-features">new features</link> that should
+  be considered, and code should be tested before switching PHP versions in
+  production environments.
+ </para>
+
  &appendices.migration70.incompatible;
  &appendices.migration70.new-features;
  &appendices.migration70.deprecated;
@@ -18,20 +31,6 @@
  &appendices.migration70.removed-exts-sapis;
  &appendices.migration70.other-changes;
 
- <sect1 annotations="chunk:false" xml:id="migration70.intro">
-  <para>
-   Despite the fact that PHP 7.0 is a new major version, efforts have been
-   made to make migration as painless as possible. This release focuses
-   mainly on removing functionality deprecated in previous versions and
-   improving language consistency.
-  </para>
-  <para>
-   There are a <link linkend="migration70.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
-   and <link linkend="migration70.new-features">new features</link> that should
-   be considered, and code should be tested before switching PHP versions in
-   production environments.
-  </para>
- </sect1>
 </appendix>
 
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diff --git a/appendices/migration71.xml b/appendices/migration71.xml
index 4f612ce512..ed60072878 100644
--- a/appendices/migration71.xml
+++ b/appendices/migration71.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@
 <appendix xml:id="migration71" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Migrating from PHP 7.0.x to PHP 7.1.x</title>
 
+ <para>
+  This new minor version brings with it a number of
+  <link linkend="migration71.new-features">new features</link> and a
+  <link linkend="migration71.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
+  that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
+  environments.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+  &manual.migration.seealso;
+  <link linkend="migration70">7.0.x</link>.
+ </para>
+
  &appendices.migration71.new-features;
  &appendices.migration71.new-functions;
  &appendices.migration71.constants;
@@ -13,20 +26,6 @@
  &appendices.migration71.other-changes;
  &appendices.migration71.windows-support;
 
- <sect1 annotations="chunk:false" xml:id="migration71.intro">
-  <para>
-   This new minor version brings with it a number of
-   <link linkend="migration71.new-features">new features</link> and a
-   <link linkend="migration71.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
-   that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
-   environments.
-  </para>
-
-  <para>
-   &manual.migration.seealso;
-   <link linkend="migration70">7.0.x</link>.
-  </para>
- </sect1>
 </appendix>
 
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diff --git a/appendices/migration72.xml b/appendices/migration72.xml
index 37a32fc0ff..311498e35c 100644
--- a/appendices/migration72.xml
+++ b/appendices/migration72.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@
 <appendix xml:id="migration72" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Migrating from PHP 7.1.x to PHP 7.2.x</title>
 
+ <para>
+  This new minor version brings with it a number of
+  <link linkend="migration72.new-features">new features</link> and a
+  <link linkend="migration72.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
+  that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
+  environments.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+  &manual.migration.seealso;
+  <link linkend="migration70">7.0.x</link> and
+  <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link>.
+ </para>
+
  &appendices.migration72.new-features;
  &appendices.migration72.new-functions;
  &appendices.migration72.constants;
@@ -11,21 +25,6 @@
  &appendices.migration72.deprecated;
  &appendices.migration72.other-changes;
 
- <sect1 annotations="chunk:false" xml:id="migration72.intro">
-  <para>
-   This new minor version brings with it a number of
-   <link linkend="migration72.new-features">new features</link> and a
-   <link linkend="migration72.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
-   that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
-   environments.
-  </para>
-
-  <para>
-   &manual.migration.seealso;
-   <link linkend="migration70">7.0.x</link> and
-   <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link>.
-  </para>
- </sect1>
 </appendix>
 
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diff --git a/appendices/migration73.xml b/appendices/migration73.xml
index 13e8a171d6..2f0923275e 100644
--- a/appendices/migration73.xml
+++ b/appendices/migration73.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@
 <appendix xml:id="migration73" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Migrating from PHP 7.2.x to PHP 7.3.x</title>
 
+ <para>
+  This new minor version brings with it a number of
+  <link linkend="migration73.new-features">new features</link> and a
+  <link linkend="migration73.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
+  that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
+  environments.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+  &manual.migration.seealso;
+  <link linkend="migration70">7.0.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link> and
+  <link linkend="migration72">7.2.x</link>.
+ </para>
+
  &appendices.migration73.new-features;
  &appendices.migration73.new-functions;
  &appendices.migration73.constants;
@@ -12,22 +27,6 @@
  &appendices.migration73.other-changes;
  &appendices.migration73.windows-support;
 
- <sect1 annotations="chunk:false" xml:id="migration73.intro">
-  <para>
-   This new minor version brings with it a number of
-   <link linkend="migration73.new-features">new features</link> and a
-   <link linkend="migration73.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
-   that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
-   environments.
-  </para>
-
-  <para>
-   &manual.migration.seealso;
-   <link linkend="migration70">7.0.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link> and
-   <link linkend="migration72">7.2.x</link>.
-  </para>
- </sect1>
 </appendix>
 
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diff --git a/appendices/migration74.xml b/appendices/migration74.xml
index 890df431f0..d56bb2564b 100644
--- a/appendices/migration74.xml
+++ b/appendices/migration74.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@
 <appendix xml:id="migration74" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Migrating from PHP 7.3.x to PHP 7.4.x</title>
 
+ <para>
+  This new minor version brings with it a number of
+  <link linkend="migration74.new-features">new features</link> and a
+  <link linkend="migration74.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
+  that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
+  environments.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+  &manual.migration.seealso;
+  <link linkend="migration70">7.0.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration72">7.2.x</link> and
+  <link linkend="migration73">7.3.x</link>.
+ </para>
+
  &appendices.migration74.new-features;
  &appendices.migration74.new-classes;
  &appendices.migration74.new-functions;
@@ -14,23 +30,6 @@
  &appendices.migration74.other-changes;
  &appendices.migration74.windows-support;
 
- <sect1 annotations="chunk:false" xml:id="migration74.intro">
-  <para>
-   This new minor version brings with it a number of
-   <link linkend="migration74.new-features">new features</link> and a
-   <link linkend="migration74.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
-   that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
-   environments.
-  </para>
-
-  <para>
-   &manual.migration.seealso;
-   <link linkend="migration70">7.0.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration72">7.2.x</link> and
-   <link linkend="migration73">7.3.x</link>.
-  </para>
- </sect1>
 </appendix>
 
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diff --git a/appendices/migration80.xml b/appendices/migration80.xml
index a60b357a12..68938a05d8 100644
--- a/appendices/migration80.xml
+++ b/appendices/migration80.xml
@@ -4,29 +4,28 @@
 <appendix xml:id="migration80" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Migrating from PHP 7.4.x to PHP 8.0.x</title>
 
+ <para>
+  This new major version brings with it a number of
+  <link linkend="migration80.new-features">new features</link> and
+  <link linkend="migration80.incompatible">some incompatibilities</link>
+  that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
+  environments.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+  &manual.migration.seealso;
+  <link linkend="migration70">7.0.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration72">7.2.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration73">7.3.x</link>.
+  <link linkend="migration74">7.4.x</link>.
+ </para>
+
  &appendices.migration80.new-features;
  &appendices.migration80.incompatible;
  &appendices.migration80.deprecated;
  &appendices.migration80.other-changes;
 
- <sect1 annotations="chunk:false" xml:id="migration80.intro">
-  <para>
-   This new major version brings with it a number of
-   <link linkend="migration80.new-features">new features</link> and
-   <link linkend="migration80.incompatible">some incompatibilities</link>
-   that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
-   environments.
-  </para>
-
-  <para>
-   &manual.migration.seealso;
-   <link linkend="migration70">7.0.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration72">7.2.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration73">7.3.x</link>.
-   <link linkend="migration74">7.4.x</link>.
-  </para>
- </sect1>
 </appendix>
 
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diff --git a/appendices/migration81.xml b/appendices/migration81.xml
index f074e40738..9f1b202523 100644
--- a/appendices/migration81.xml
+++ b/appendices/migration81.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
 <appendix xml:id="migration81" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Migrating from PHP 8.0.x to PHP 8.1.x</title>
 
+ <para>
+  This new minor version brings with it a number of
+  <link linkend="migration81.new-features">new features</link> and a
+  <link linkend="migration81.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
+  that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
+  environments.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+  &manual.migration.seealso;
+  <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration72">7.2.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration73">7.3.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration74">7.4.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration80">8.0.x</link>.
+ </para>
+
  &appendices.migration81.new-features;
  &appendices.migration81.new-classes;
  &appendices.migration81.new-functions;
@@ -10,24 +27,6 @@
  &appendices.migration81.deprecated;
  &appendices.migration81.other-changes;
 
- <sect1 annotations="chunk:false" xml:id="migration81.intro">
-  <para>
-   This new minor version brings with it a number of
-   <link linkend="migration81.new-features">new features</link> and a
-   <link linkend="migration81.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
-   that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
-   environments.
-  </para>
-
-  <para>
-   &manual.migration.seealso;
-   <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration72">7.2.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration73">7.3.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration74">7.4.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration80">8.0.x</link>.
-  </para>
- </sect1>
 </appendix>
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diff --git a/appendices/migration82.xml b/appendices/migration82.xml
index 20af73d482..509dba1f2a 100644
--- a/appendices/migration82.xml
+++ b/appendices/migration82.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 <appendix xml:id="migration82" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Migrating from PHP 8.1.x to PHP 8.2.x</title>
 
+ <para>
+  This new minor version brings with it a number of
+  <link linkend="migration82.new-features">new features</link> and a
+  <link linkend="migration82.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
+  that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
+  environments.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+  &manual.migration.seealso;
+  <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration72">7.2.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration73">7.3.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration74">7.4.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration80">8.0.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration81">8.1.x</link>.
+ </para>
+
  &appendices.migration82.new-features;
  &appendices.migration82.new-functions;
  &appendices.migration82.constants;
@@ -10,25 +28,6 @@
  &appendices.migration82.other-changes;
  &appendices.migration82.windows-support;
 
- <sect1 annotations="chunk:false" xml:id="migration82.intro">
-  <para>
-   This new minor version brings with it a number of
-   <link linkend="migration82.new-features">new features</link> and a
-   <link linkend="migration82.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
-   that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
-   environments.
-  </para>
-
-  <para>
-   &manual.migration.seealso;
-   <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration72">7.2.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration73">7.3.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration74">7.4.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration80">8.0.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration81">8.1.x</link>.
-  </para>
- </sect1>
 </appendix>
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diff --git a/appendices/migration83.xml b/appendices/migration83.xml
index 6dcf65bf6c..75a7f67d1b 100644
--- a/appendices/migration83.xml
+++ b/appendices/migration83.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@
 <appendix xml:id="migration83" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Migrating from PHP 8.2.x to PHP 8.3.x</title>
 
+ <para>
+  This new minor version brings with it a number of
+  <link linkend="migration83.new-features">new features</link> and a
+  <link linkend="migration83.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
+  that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
+  environments.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+  &manual.migration.seealso;
+  <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration72">7.2.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration73">7.3.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration74">7.4.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration80">8.0.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration81">8.1.x</link>,
+  <link linkend="migration82">8.2.x</link>.
+ </para>
+
  &appendices.migration83.new-features;
  &appendices.migration83.new-classes;
  &appendices.migration83.new-functions;
@@ -11,26 +30,6 @@
  &appendices.migration83.other-changes;
  &appendices.migration83.windows-support;
 
- <sect1 annotations="chunk:false" xml:id="migration83.intro">
-  <para>
-   This new minor version brings with it a number of
-   <link linkend="migration83.new-features">new features</link> and a
-   <link linkend="migration83.incompatible">few incompatibilities</link>
-   that should be tested for before switching PHP versions in production
-   environments.
-  </para>
-
-  <para>
-   &manual.migration.seealso;
-   <link linkend="migration71">7.1.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration72">7.2.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration73">7.3.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration74">7.4.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration80">8.0.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration81">8.1.x</link>,
-   <link linkend="migration82">8.2.x</link>.
-  </para>
- </sect1>
 </appendix>
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