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+.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.243 2014/11/28 18:09:01 schwarze Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 16 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 28 2014 $
.Dt MDOC 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
and
.Sx \&Dl .
.Ss \&Db
-Switch debugging mode.
-Its syntax is as follows:
-.Pp
-.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Db Cm on | off
-.Pp
-This macro is ignored by
-.Xr mandoc 1 .
+This macro is obsolete.
+No replacement is needed.
+It is ignored by
+.Xr mandoc 1
+and groff including its arguments.
+It was formerly used to toggle a debugging mode.
.Ss \&Dc
Close a
.Sx \&Do
.Cm i386 ,
or
.Cm sparc64 .
-The list of supported architectures varies by operating system.
-For the full list of all architectures recognized by
-.Xr mandoc 1 ,
-see the file
-.Pa arch.in
-in the source distribution.
+The list of valid architectures varies by operating system.
.El
.Pp
Examples: