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diff --git a/mandoc.1 b/mandoc.1
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--- a/mandoc.1
+++ b/mandoc.1
@@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ Encode output using the current locale.
 See
 .Sx Locale Output .
 .It Fl T Ns Cm man
-Produce output in
+Produce
 .Xr man 7
-format; only useful when applied to
-.Fl m Ns Cm doc
-input.
+format output.
+See
+.Sx Man Output .
 .It Fl T Ns Cm pdf
 Produce PDF output.
 See
@@ -311,6 +311,26 @@ will fall back to
 See
 .Sx ASCII Output
 for font style specification and available command-line arguments.
+.Ss Man Output
+Translate input format into
+.Xr man 7
+output format.
+This is useful for distributing manual sources to legancy systems
+lacking 
+.Xr mdoc 7
+formatters.
+.Pp
+If
+.Xr mdoc 7
+is passed as input, it is translated into
+.Xr man 7 ;
+if the input format is
+.Xr man 7 ,
+it is parsed and re-outputted.
+In either case, the
+.Xr roff 7
+.Sq so
+macros are processed prior to producing output.
 .Ss PDF Output
 PDF-1.1 output may be generated by
 .Fl T Ns Cm pdf .