3 files changed, 11 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/apropos.1 b/apropos.1
index 6d50b85b..c82efb1d 100644
--- a/apropos.1
+++ b/apropos.1
@@ -96,20 +96,10 @@ in manual page names only.
 The search is case insensitive and matches whole words only.
 In this mode, macro keys, comparison operators, and logical operators
 are not available.
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl k
-and
-.Fl l
-options.
 .It Fl k
 Support the full
 .Ar expression
 syntax.
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl f
-and
-.Fl l
-options.
 It is the default for
 .Nm .
 .It Fl M Ar path
@@ -147,6 +137,9 @@ The options
 .Fl chlw
 are also supported and are documented in
 .Xr man 1 .
+The options
+.Fl fkl
+are mutually exclusive and override each other.
 .Pp
 An
 .Ar expression
diff --git a/man.1 b/man.1
index f3a37ec5..b52a9343 100644
--- a/man.1
+++ b/man.1
@@ -91,11 +91,6 @@ It searches for
 .Ar name
 in manual page names and displays the header lines from all matching pages.
 The search is case insensitive and matches whole words only.
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl k
-and
-.Fl l
-options.
 .It Fl h
 Display only the SYNOPSIS lines of the requested manual pages.
 Implies
@@ -111,11 +106,6 @@ an expression can be provided using the syntax described in the
 .Xr apropos 1
 manual.
 By default, it displays the header lines of all matching pages.
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl f
-and
-.Fl l
-options.
 .It Fl l
 A synonym for
 .Xr mandoc 1
@@ -127,15 +117,10 @@ No search is done and
 .Ar file ,
 .Ar path ,
 .Ar section ,
-and
-.Ar subsection
-are ignored.
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl f ,
-.Fl k ,
+.Ar subsection ,
 and
 .Fl w
-options.
+are ignored.
 .It Fl M Ar path
 Override the list of standard directories which
 .Nm
@@ -218,6 +203,9 @@ The options
 .Fl IKOTW
 are also supported and are documented in
 .Xr mandoc 1 .
+The options
+.Fl fkl
+are mutually exclusive and override each other.
 .Pp
 Guidelines for writing
 man pages can be found in
diff --git a/mandoc.1 b/mandoc.1
index ac1a3d9f..5d508851 100644
--- a/mandoc.1
+++ b/mandoc.1
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@ It can be specified to override
 .It Fl f
 A synonym for
 .Xr whatis 1 .
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl k
-and
-.Fl l
-options.
 .It Fl h
 Display only the SYNOPSIS lines.
 Implies
@@ -123,19 +118,9 @@ Otherwise, input is interpreted as
 .It Fl k
 A synonym for
 .Xr apropos 1 .
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl f
-and
-.Fl l
-options.
 .It Fl l
 A synonym for
 .Fl a .
-Also reverts any earlier
-.Fl f
-and
-.Fl k
-options.
 .It Fl mdoc | man
 With
 .Fl mdoc ,
@@ -222,6 +207,9 @@ also supports the options
 described in the
 .Xr apropos 1
 manual.
+The options
+.Fl fkl
+are mutually exclusive and override each other.
 .Ss Output Formats
 The
 .Nm