diff --git a/Header.pas b/Header.pas
index d2ac9af..7b51013 100644
--- a/Header.pas
+++ b/Header.pas
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ var
             end;
 
          p_line: begin
-            lineNumber := ReadLong;
+            lineNumber := ReadLong - 1;
             lsPtr := ReadLongString;
             sourceFileGS.theString.size := lsPtr^.length;
             for i := 1 to sourceFileGS.theString.size do
diff --git a/cc.notes b/cc.notes
index d19b44a..5616d8d 100644
--- a/cc.notes
+++ b/cc.notes
@@ -1942,6 +1942,8 @@ int foo(int[42]);
 
 213. If a floating-point constant beginning with . had a line continuation between the . and the first digit, a spurious error would be reported.
 
+214. If the #line directive was used, line numbering would be off by one when using a .sym file.
+
 -- Bugs from C 2.1.0 that have been fixed -----------------------------------
 
 1.  In some situations, fread() reread the first 1K or so of the file.