various tweaks from jmc@

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/man.conf.5 b/man.conf.5
index 4a670c18..a726ec11 100644
--- a/man.conf.5
+++ b/man.conf.5
@@ -19,18 +19,16 @@
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm man.conf
-.Nd configuration file for man(1)
+.Nd configuration file for man
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-The
-.Nm
-configuration file allows to specify non-standard directory trees
-for use by the
+This is the configuration file
+for the
 .Xr man 1 ,
 .Xr apropos 1 ,
 and
 .Xr makewhatis 8
 utilities.
-Its presence and all directives are optional.
+Its presence, and all directives, are optional.
 .Pp
 This file is an ASCII text file.
 Leading whitespace on lines, lines starting with
@@ -42,15 +40,17 @@ The first word on each line is the name of a configuration directive.
 The following directives are supported:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Ic manpath Ar path
-Specify that the absolute
+Override the default search
 .Ar path
-contains a tree of manual pages, and that
+for
 .Xr man 1 ,
 .Xr apropos 1 ,
 and
-.Xr makewhatis 8
-shall use it by default.
-Each such tree is supposed to contain subdirectories
+.Xr makewhatis 8 .
+It can be used multiple times to specify multiple paths,
+with the order determining the manual page search order.
+.Pp
+Each path is a tree containing subdirectories
 whose names consist of the strings
 .Sq man
 and/or
@@ -60,11 +60,12 @@ The former are supposed to contain unformatted manual pages in
 .Xr mdoc 7
 and/or
 .Xr man 7
-format; file names are supposed to end with the name of the section
+format; file names should end with the name of the section
 preceded by a dot.
-The latter are supposed to contain preformatted manual pages;
-file names are supposed to end with
+The latter should contain preformatted manual pages;
+file names should end with
 .Ql .0 .
+.Pp
 Creating a
 .Xr mandoc.db 5
 database with
@@ -75,14 +76,6 @@ is recommended and necessary for
 .Xr apropos 1
 to work, but not strictly required for
 .Xr man 1 .
-.Pp
-Specifying at least one
-.Ic manpath
-directive does not append to the default search path
-but instead overrides it.
-The order of
-.Ic manpath
-directives determines the manual page search order.
 .It Ic _whatdb Ar path Ns Cm /whatis.db
 This directive provides the same functionality as
 .Ic manpath ,
@@ -94,9 +87,9 @@ but will eventually be removed.
 .Pa /etc/man.conf
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 The following configuration file reproduces the defaults:
-Installing it is equivalent to not having a file
+installing it is equivalent to not having a
 .Nm
-at all.
+file at all.
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 manpath /usr/share/man
 manpath /usr/X11R6/man