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@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ for each file in each database.
Its arguments are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl m Ar manpath
-A colon-separated list of paths containing
+Append the colon-separated paths to the default list of paths searched
+for
.Xr mandocdb 8
databases.
-Paths may be relative or absolute.
+Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
.It Fl S Ar arch
Search only for a particular architecture.
.It Fl s Ar cat
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ is evaluated case-insensitively.
.Pp
By default,
.Nm
-searches for
+searches for a
.Xr mandocdb 8
database in the current working directory and
parses terms as case-sensitive regular expressions
@@ -143,12 +144,13 @@ Resulting manuals may be accessed as
If an architecture is specified in the output, use
.Pp
.Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch title
-.\" .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
-.\" Not used in OpenBSD.
-.\" .Sh RETURN VALUES
-.\" For sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
-.\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT
-.\" For sections 1, 6, 7, & 8 only.
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Ev MANPATH
+Comma-separated paths overriding the default list of paths searched for
+manual databases.
+Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
+.El
.\" .Sh FILES
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
@@ -182,23 +184,13 @@ Search for all manuals referencing
in any letter case:
.Pp
.Dl $ apropos \-\- \-i posix
-.\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
-.\" For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, & 8 only.
-.\" .Sh ERRORS
-.\" For sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr man 1 ,
.Xr mandoc 1 ,
.Xr re_format 7
-.\" .Sh STANDARDS
-.\" .Sh HISTORY
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Kristaps Dzonsons ,
.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
-.\" .Sh CAVEATS
-.\" .Sh BUGS
-.\" .Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
-.\" Not used in OpenBSD.