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-.\" $Id: catman.8,v 1.3 2011/12/18 18:51:01 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: catman.8,v 1.4 2011/12/24 22:37:16 kristaps Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 18 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 24 2011 $
.Dt CATMAN 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -80,11 +80,22 @@ is specified, all files are updated.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ev MANPATH
-Colon-separated paths overriding the default list of paths searched for
+Colon-separated paths modifying the default list of paths searched for
manual databases.
Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
Overridden by
.Fl M .
+If
+.Ev MANPATH
+begins with a
+.Sq \&: ,
+it is appended to the default list;
+else if it ends with
+.Sq \&: ,
+it is prepended to the default list; else if it contains
+.Sq \&:: ,
+the default list is inserted between the colons.
+If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the default list.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std