The non-standard .EX/.EE macro pair was invented for Version 9 AT&T UNIX

and only got adopted by GNU two decades later.
Thanks to Doug McIlroy <doug at cs dot dartmouth dot edu>
for pointing out the error.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7
index 3891a9df..b2797160 100644
--- a/man.7
+++ b/man.7
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ This has no effect unless the tabulator positions were changed with the
 .Ic ta
 request.
 .It Ic EE
-This is a non-standard GNU extension.
+This is a non-standard Version 9
+.At
+extension later adopted by GNU.
 In
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,
 it does the same as the
@@ -168,7 +170,9 @@ it does the same as the
 .Ic fi
 request (switch to fill mode).
 .It Ic EX
-This is a non-standard GNU extension.
+This is a non-standard Version 9
+.At
+extension later adopted by GNU.
 In
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,
 it does the same as the
@@ -496,8 +500,8 @@ The syntax is as follows:
 .It Ic BI  Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    \&
 .It Ic BR  Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    \&
 .It Ic DT  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    \&
-.It Ic EE  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    GNU
-.It Ic EX  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    GNU
+.It Ic EE  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    Version 9 At
+.It Ic EX  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    Version 9 At
 .It Ic I   Ta    n         Ta    next-line Ta    \&
 .It Ic IB  Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    \&
 .It Ic IR  Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    \&