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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-03-22 13:31:49 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-03-22 13:31:49 +0000
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simplify description of -S and -w, point from EXIT STATUS
to mandoc(1) for details, and remove duplicate .Xr to whatis(1); OK jmc@
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: man.1,v 1.24 2017/03/21 18:06:12 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: man.1,v 1.25 2017/03/22 13:31:49 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)man.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/2/94
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 21 2017 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 22 2017 $
.Dt MAN 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -190,9 +190,7 @@ For each output format, the available options are described in the
.Xr mandoc 1
manual.
.It Fl S Ar subsection
-Restricts the directories that
-.Nm
-will search to those of a specific
+Only show pages for the specified
.Xr machine 1
architecture.
.Ar subsection
@@ -276,13 +274,8 @@ See the
.Xr mandoc 1
manual for details.
.It Fl w
-List the pathnames of the manual pages which
-.Nm
-would display for the specified
-.Ar section
-and
-.Ar name
-combination.
+List the pathnames of all matching manual pages instead of displaying
+any of them.
.El
.Pp
Guidelines for writing
@@ -382,10 +375,12 @@ default man configuration file
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std man
+See
+.Xr mandoc 1
+for details.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr apropos 1 ,
.Xr intro 1 ,
-.Xr whatis 1 ,
.Xr whereis 1 ,
.Xr intro 2 ,
.Xr intro 3 ,