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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-03-22 13:31:49 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-03-22 13:31:49 +0000
commit9731f43cf072f14b58faeb2f37bf612401468e37 (patch)
tree46f06d0c7c6802f4535bff038b6fec5f6b04210d
parentbf5aab1349005fb9853c3a6572eb2fe24f0edbc6 (diff)
downloadmandoc-9731f43cf072f14b58faeb2f37bf612401468e37.tar.gz
simplify description of -S and -w, point from EXIT STATUS
to mandoc(1) for details, and remove duplicate .Xr to whatis(1); OK jmc@
-rw-r--r--man.117
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man.1 b/man.1
index 8e49953c..e2201506 100644
--- a/man.1
+++ b/man.1
@@ -190,9 +190,7 @@ For each output format, the available options are described in the
.Xr mandoc 1
manual.
.It Fl S Ar subsection
-Restricts the directories that
-.Nm
-will search to those of a specific
+Only show pages for the specified
.Xr machine 1
architecture.
.Ar subsection
@@ -276,13 +274,8 @@ See the
.Xr mandoc 1
manual for details.
.It Fl w
-List the pathnames of the manual pages which
-.Nm
-would display for the specified
-.Ar section
-and
-.Ar name
-combination.
+List the pathnames of all matching manual pages instead of displaying
+any of them.
.El
.Pp
Guidelines for writing
@@ -382,10 +375,12 @@ default man configuration file
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std man
+See
+.Xr mandoc 1
+for details.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr apropos 1 ,
.Xr intro 1 ,
-.Xr whatis 1 ,
.Xr whereis 1 ,
.Xr intro 2 ,
.Xr intro 3 ,