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diff --git a/mandoc-db.1 b/mandoc-db.1 index 3aee3b69..7b3f3efc 100644 --- a/mandoc-db.1 +++ b/mandoc-db.1 @@ -59,9 +59,18 @@ The index database, .Pa mandoc.index , is a .Xr recno 3 -database of nil-terminated filenames (record length is non-zero string -length plus one) passed to -.Nm . +database with record values consisting of +.Pp +.Bl -enum -compact +.It +a nil-terminated filename, +.It +a nil-terminated manual section, +.It +and a nil-terminated description. +.El +.Pp +Both the manual section and description may be zero-length. Entries are sequentially-numbered, but the filenames are unordered. .Ss Keyword Database The keyword database, |