For some options that are rarely needed in apropos(1) and man(1),

delete the verbose descriptions and point to man(1) and mandoc(1),
respectively, instead.  That shortens the pages and makes them
easier to read.
Tweaks and OK jmc@, based in part on ideas from tedu@.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/apropos.1 b/apropos.1
index e0aa37a7..07f8eeb6 100644
--- a/apropos.1
+++ b/apropos.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: apropos.1,v 1.42 2017/03/18 19:51:19 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: apropos.1,v 1.43 2017/03/25 12:46:36 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 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: March 18 2017 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 25 2017 $
 .Dt APROPOS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -89,12 +89,6 @@ Specify an alternative configuration
 in
 .Xr man.conf 5
 format.
-.It Fl c
-In
-.Fl a
-mode, copy the formatted manual pages to the standard output without using
-.Xr more 1
-to paginate them.
 .It Fl f
 Search for all words in
 .Ar expression
@@ -107,11 +101,6 @@ This overrides any earlier
 and
 .Fl l
 options.
-.It Fl h
-Instead of showing the title lines, show the SYNOPSIS sections, just like
-.Xr man 1
-.Fl h
-would.
 .It Fl k
 Support the full
 .Ar expression
@@ -123,16 +112,6 @@ and
 options.
 It is the default for
 .Nm .
-.It Fl l
-An alias for
-.Xr mandoc 1
-.Fl a .
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl f ,
-.Fl k ,
-and
-.Fl w
-options.
 .It Fl M Ar path
 Use the colon-separated path instead of the default list of paths
 searched for
@@ -162,14 +141,13 @@ By default, pages from all sections are shown.
 See
 .Xr man 1
 for a listing of sections.
-.It Fl w
-Instead of showing title lines, show the pathnames of the matching
-manual pages, just like
-.Xr man 1
-.Fl w
-would.
 .El
 .Pp
+The options
+.Fl chlw
+are also supported and are documented in
+.Xr man 1 .
+.Pp
 An
 .Ar expression
 consists of search terms joined by logical operators