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-.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.103 2013/07/13 19:41:16 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.104 2014/06/20 23:02:31 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright (c) 2012 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: July 13 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 20 2014 $
.Dt MANDOC 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -498,9 +498,7 @@ parser:
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
Standard error messages reporting parsing errors are prefixed by
.Pp
-.Sm off
-.D1 Ar file : line : column : \ level :
-.Sm on
+.D1 Nm Ns : Ar file : Ns Ar line : Ns Ar column : level :
.Pp
where the fields have the following meanings:
.Bl -tag -width "column"
@@ -518,6 +516,12 @@ points to the first character of the word.
The message level, printed in capital letters.
.El
.Pp
+The
+.Ar line
+and
+.Ar column
+fields are omitted when meaningless.
+.Pp
Message levels have the following meanings:
.Bl -tag -width "warning"
.It Cm fatal
@@ -557,7 +561,7 @@ The
utility may also print messages related to invalid command line arguments
or operating system errors, for example when memory is exhausted or
input files cannot be read.
-Such messages do not carry the prefix described above.
+Such messages may not carry the prefix described above.
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
This section summarises
.Nm