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-.\" $Id: man.1,v 1.17 2016/07/01 20:24:04 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: man.1,v 1.20 2017/01/06 01:34:57 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: July 1 2016 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 6 2017 $
.Dt MAN 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -69,12 +69,8 @@ machine architecture
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl a
-Display all of the manual pages for a specified
-.Ar section
-and
-.Ar name
-combination.
-Normally, only the first manual page found is displayed.
+Display all matching manual pages.
+Normally, only the first page found is displayed.
.It Fl C Ar file
Use the specified
.Ar file
@@ -100,6 +96,12 @@ This overrides any earlier
and
.Fl l
options.
+.It Fl h
+Display only the SYNOPSIS lines of the requested manual pages.
+Implies
+.Fl a
+and
+.Fl c .
.It Fl I Cm os Ns = Ns Ar name
Override the default operating system
.Ar name
@@ -110,12 +112,6 @@ and for the
.Xr man 7
.Ic \&TH
macro.
-.It Fl h
-Display only the SYNOPSIS lines of the requested manual pages.
-Implies
-.Fl a
-and
-.Fl c .
.It Fl K Ar encoding
Specify the input encoding.
The supported
@@ -330,7 +326,19 @@ is used, the interactive
.Ic :t
command can be used to go to the definitions of various terms, for
example command line options, command modifiers, internal commands,
-and environment variables.
+environment variables, function names, preprocessor macros,
+.Xr errno 2
+values, and some other emphasized words.
+Some terms may have defining text at more than one place.
+In that case, the
+.Xr less 1
+interactive commands
+.Ic t
+and
+.Ic T
+can be used to move to the next and to the previous place providing
+information about the term last searched for with
+.Ic :t .
.It Ev MANPATH
The standard search path used by
.Nm