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@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ The
 .Nm
 utility parses a BSD 
 .Dq mdoc 
-manual pages and prints its syntax tree.  The arguments are as follows:
+manual pages and prints its syntax tree.  It's commonly used to see the
+syntax tree of a document when building new 
+.Xr mdoc 3
+utilities.  The arguments are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width "\-Werr... "
 .\" ITEM
 .It Fl v