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@@ -111,11 +111,22 @@ as follows: .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Ev MANPATH -Colon-separated paths overriding the default list of paths searched for +Colon-separated paths modifying the default list of paths searched for manual databases. Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. Overridden by .Fl M . +If +.Ev MANPATH +begins with a +.Sq \&: , +it is appended to the default list; +else if it ends with +.Sq \&: , +it is prepended to the default list; else if it contains +.Sq \&:: , +the default list is inserted between the colons. +If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the default list. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/etc/man.conf" -compact |