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diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7
index bc2f24e4..db2ea324 100644
--- a/roff.7
+++ b/roff.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.55 2014/07/07 11:35:06 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.56 2014/08/13 20:34:29 kristaps Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 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 7 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 13 2014 $
.Dt ROFF 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -239,8 +239,9 @@ pica (~1/6 inch)
.It p
point (~1/72 inch)
.It f
-synonym for
+scale
.Sq u
+by 65536
.It v
default vertical span
.It m
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ width of rendered
.Pq en
character
.It u
-default horizontal span
+default horizontal span for the terminal
.It M
mini-em (~1/100 em)
.El
@@ -262,7 +263,6 @@ mini-em (~1/100 em)
Using anything other than
.Sq m ,
.Sq n ,
-.Sq u ,
or
.Sq v
is necessarily non-portable across output media.
@@ -1348,6 +1348,12 @@ refers to groff version 1.15.
.Pp
.Bl -dash -compact
.It
+The
+.Sq u
+scaling unit is the default terminal unit.
+In traditional troff systems, this unit would change depending on the
+output media.
+.It
In mandoc, the
.Sx \&EQ ,
.Sx \&TE ,