-.I n ,
-suitable for a narrow terminal. If
-.I n
-is omitted, it defaults to 80.
-.PP
-The output should be printed on a hard-copy device, up to 132 columns wide,
-with no breaks between the pages. The volume is great enough that you
-may want
-a printer or a fast hardcopy terminal, but if you are patient, a
-decwriter or other 300 baud terminal will do.
-.SH BUGS
-Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably <, >, [, ], \\,
-^, _, {, }, |, and ~. Also, the characters ", ', and & are funny
+.Ar width ,
+suitable for a narrow terminal.
+For example:
+.Pp
+.Dl "/usr/games/banner -w 80 Hello"
+.Pp
+The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width,
+with no breaks between the pages.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An Mark Horton
+.Sh BUGS
+Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably \*[Lt], \*[Gt], [, ], \\,
+^, _, {, }, |, and ~. Also, the characters ", ', and \*[Am] are funny