When the -n or -t flag is given to makewhatis(8),

write names and decriptions to stdout,
in a format similar to apropos(1) output.
Inspired by espie@'s makewhatis.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mandocdb.8 b/mandocdb.8
index 2869fc1e..7a33722b 100644
--- a/mandocdb.8
+++ b/mandocdb.8
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ Merge (remove and re-add)
 to the database in
 .Ar dir .
 .It Fl n
-Do not create or modify any database;
-scan and parse only.
+Do not create or modify any database; scan and parse only,
+and print manual page names and descriptions to standard output.
 .It Fl p
 Print warnings about potential problems with manual pages
 to the standard error output.