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-.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.40 2017/01/31 19:44:04 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: apropos.1,v 1.41 2017/03/17 17:24:41 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
-.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -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 31 2017 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 17 2017 $
.Dt APROPOS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -237,7 +237,28 @@ is evaluated case-insensitively.
Has no effect on substring terms.
.El
.Pp
-Results are sorted by manual sections and names, with output formatted as
+Results are sorted according to the following criteria:
+.Bl -enum
+.It
+The manpath directory tree the page is found in, according to the
+order specified with
+.Fl M ,
+.Fl m ,
+the
+.Ev MANPATH
+environment variable, the
+.Xr man.conf 5
+configuration file, or the default documented in
+.Xr man.conf 5 .
+.It
+The section number in ascending numerical order.
+.It
+The page name in ascending
+.Xr ascii 7
+alphabetical order, case-insensitive.
+.El
+.Pp
+Each output line is formatted as
.Pp
.D1 name[, name...](sec) \- description
.Pp