* lisp/org-capture.el (org-capture-place-entry): Move to `beg' before searching for `%?'.
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ already gone."
(setq end (point))
(org-capture-mark-kill-region beg (1- end))
(org-capture-narrow beg (1- end))
+ (goto-char beg)
(if (re-search-forward "%\\?" end t) (replace-match ""))))
(defun org-capture-place-item ()