Index: doc/text.n
==================================================================
--- doc/text.n
+++ doc/text.n
@@ -489,13 +489,14 @@
 \fB\-lmargincolor \fIcolor\fR
 .
 \fIColor\fR specifies the background color to use in regions that do not
 contain characters because they are indented by \fB\-lmargin1\fR or
 \fB\-lmargin2\fR. It may have any of the forms accepted by
-\fBTk_GetColor\fR.If \fIcolor\fR has not been specified, or if it is
-specified as an empty string, then the color specified by the
-\fB-background\fR widget option is used.
+\fBTk_GetColor\fR. If \fIcolor\fR has not been specified, or if it is
+specified as an empty string, then the color used is specified by the
+\fB-background\fR tag option (or, if this is also unspecified, by the
+\fB-background\fR widget option).
 .TP
 \fB\-offset \fIpixels\fR
 .
 \fIPixels\fR specifies an amount by which the text's baseline should be offset
 vertically from the baseline of the overall line, in pixels. For example, a
@@ -535,13 +536,14 @@
 .TP
 \fB\-rmargincolor \fIcolor\fR
 .
 \fIColor\fR specifies the background color to use in regions that do not
 contain characters because they are indented by \fB\-rmargin1\fR. It may
-have any of the forms accepted by \fBTk_GetColor\fR.If \fIcolor\fR has not
+have any of the forms accepted by \fBTk_GetColor\fR. If \fIcolor\fR has not
 been specified, or if it is specified as an empty string, then the color
-specified by the \fB-background\fR widget option is used.
+used is specified by the \fB-background\fR tag option (or, if this is also
+unspecified, by the \fB-background\fR widget option).
 .TP
 \fB\-selectbackground \fIcolor\fR
 \fIColor\fR specifies the background color to use when displaying selected
 items. It may have any of the forms accepted by \fBTk_GetColor\fR. If
 \fIcolor\fR has not been specified, or if it is specified as an empty

Index: generic/tkTextDisp.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tkTextDisp.c
+++ generic/tkTextDisp.c
@@ -2462,11 +2462,17 @@
 
     Tk_Fill3DRectangle(textPtr->tkwin, pixmap, textPtr->border, 0, y,
 	    Tk_Width(textPtr->tkwin), dlPtr->height, 0, TK_RELIEF_FLAT);
 
     /*
-     * Second, draw the background color of the left and right margins.
+     * Second, draw background information for the whole line.
+     */
+
+    DisplayLineBackground(textPtr, dlPtr, prevPtr, pixmap);
+
+    /*
+     * Third, draw the background color of the left and right margins.
      */
     if (dlPtr->lMarginColor != NULL) {
         Tk_Fill3DRectangle(textPtr->tkwin, pixmap, dlPtr->lMarginColor, 0, y,
                 dlPtr->lMarginWidth + dInfoPtr->x - dInfoPtr->curXPixelOffset,
                 dlPtr->height, 0, TK_RELIEF_FLAT);
@@ -2475,16 +2481,10 @@
         Tk_Fill3DRectangle(textPtr->tkwin, pixmap, dlPtr->rMarginColor,
                 dInfoPtr->maxX - dlPtr->rMarginWidth + dInfoPtr->curXPixelOffset,
                 y, dlPtr->rMarginWidth, dlPtr->height, 0, TK_RELIEF_FLAT);
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Next, draw background information for the whole line.
-     */
-
-    DisplayLineBackground(textPtr, dlPtr, prevPtr, pixmap);
-
     /*
      * Make another pass through all of the chunks to redraw the insertion
      * cursor, if it is visible on this line. Must do it here rather than in
      * the foreground pass below because otherwise a wide insertion cursor
      * will obscure the character to its left.