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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.250 2015/01/29 00:33:57 schwarze Exp $
+.\"    $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.256 2015/10/11 18:56:51 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 29 2015 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 11 2015 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ See also
 A function name.
 Its syntax is as follows:
 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
-.Pf \. Ns Sx \&Fn
+.Pf . Sx \&Fn
 .Op Ar functype
 .Ar funcname
 .Op Oo Ar argtype Oc Ar argname
@@ -1758,17 +1758,18 @@ is preferred for displaying code; the
 .Sx \&Ic
 macro is used when referring to specific instructions.
 .Ss \&In
-An
-.Dq include
-file.
+The name of an include file.
+This macro is most often used in section 2, 3, and 9 manual pages.
+.Pp
 When invoked as the first macro on an input line in the
 .Em SYNOPSIS
 section, the argument is displayed in angle brackets
 and preceded by
-.Dq #include ,
+.Qq #include ,
 and a blank line is inserted in front if there is a preceding
 function declaration.
-This is most often used in section 2, 3, and 9 manual pages.
+In other sections, it only encloses its argument in angle brackets
+and causes no line break.
 .Pp
 Examples:
 .Dl \&.In sys/types.h
@@ -1929,11 +1930,9 @@ Examples:
 .Dl \&.An Kristaps Dzonsons \&Aq \&Mt kristaps@bsd.lv
 .Ss \&Nd
 A one line description of the manual's content.
-This may only be invoked in the
-.Em SYNOPSIS
-section subsequent the
-.Sx \&Nm
-macro.
+This is the mandatory last macro of the
+.Em NAME
+section and not appropriate for other sections.
 .Pp
 Examples:
 .Dl Pf . Sx \&Nd mdoc language reference
@@ -2094,7 +2093,7 @@ It is suggested to leave it unspecified, in which case
 .Xr mandoc 1
 uses its
 .Fl Ios
-argument, or, if that isn't specified either,
+argument or, if that isn't specified either,
 .Fa sysname
 and
 .Fa release
@@ -2156,19 +2155,23 @@ See also
 Close parenthesised context opened by
 .Sx \&Po .
 .Ss \&Pf
-Removes the space between its argument
-.Pq Dq prefix
-and the following macro.
+Removes the space between its argument and the following macro.
 Its syntax is as follows:
 .Pp
 .D1 .Pf Ar prefix macro arguments ...
 .Pp
 This is equivalent to:
 .Pp
-.D1 .No Ar prefix No \&Ns Ar macro arguments ...
+.D1 .No \e& Ns Ar prefix No \&Ns Ar macro arguments ...
+.Pp
+The
+.Ar prefix
+argument is not parsed for macro names or delimiters,
+but used verbatim as if it were escaped.
 .Pp
 Examples:
 .Dl ".Pf $ Ar variable_name"
+.Dl ".Pf . Ar macro_name"
 .Dl ".Pf 0x Ar hex_digits"
 .Pp
 See also
@@ -2268,7 +2271,7 @@ Examples:
 \&.%A J. D. Ullman
 \&.%B Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation
 \&.%I Addison-Wesley
-\&.%C Reading, Massachusettes
+\&.%C Reading, Massachusetts
 \&.%D 1979
 \&.Re
 .Ed