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--- docbook2mdoc/docbook2mdoc.1	2014/03/28 11:20:07	1.1
+++ docbook2mdoc/docbook2mdoc.1	2017/06/29 12:11:57	1.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: docbook2mdoc.1,v 1.1 2014/03/28 11:20:07 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: docbook2mdoc.1,v 1.8 2017/06/29 12:11:57 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2014 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 28 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 29 2017 $
 .Dt DOCBOOK2MDOC 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm docbook2mdoc
 .Nd Convert DocBook refentry to mdoc
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm docbook2man
+.Nm docbook2mdoc
 .Op Ar file
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
@@ -31,14 +31,30 @@ utility reads
 and
 generates
 .Xr mdoc 7
-from the
-.Aq refentry
-section of DocBook source.
+and
+.Xr eqn 7
+from the <refentry> section of DocBook source, ignoring other sections.
 If unspecified or
-.Ar \&- ,
+.Sq Cm \- ,
 .Ar file
 is taken to be standard input.
-It accepts no arguments.
+.Pp
+The arguments are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl W
+Output non-fatal warning messages.
+.El
+.Pp
+.Nm
+supports only well-formed XML DocBook V4.x until V5.1.
+Some earlier DocBook constructs are accepted as well.
+SGML DocBook documents may be parsed unless they contain SGML-specific
+constructs, such as empty end tags
+.Li </> .
+The only non-DocBook constructs recognised are <xi:include\ />
+.Pq which is discarded
+and <mml:*>, which is accepted and converted to
+.Xr eqn 7 .
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Ex -std
 .Sh EXAMPLES
@@ -51,16 +67,19 @@ and a pager:
 .Dl % docbook2mdoc foo.xml | mandoc | more
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,
+.Xr eqn 7 ,
 .Xr mdoc 7
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .Nm
 was written by
-.Ar Kristaps Dzonsons ,
-.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
+.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
 .Sh CAVEATS
 The
 .Nm
 utility is experimental.
-As such, only a small subset of the
-.Aq refentry
-domain is accepted.
+As such, only a modest subset of the <refentry> domain is accepted.
+.Pp
+The output
+.Xr mdoc 7
+could be much nicer: trailing spaces, superfluous space removal,
+new-line new-sentence, and other niceties are not used.