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diff -u -p -r1.26 -r1.27
--- mandoc/man.1	2017/03/25 12:46:36	1.26
+++ mandoc/man.1	2017/03/27 14:40:39	1.27
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: man.1,v 1.26 2017/03/25 12:46:36 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: man.1,v 1.27 2017/03/27 14:40:39 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)man.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 1/2/94
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 25 2017 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 27 2017 $
 .Dt MAN 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -91,11 +91,6 @@ It searches for
 .Ar name
 in manual page names and displays the header lines from all matching pages.
 The search is case insensitive and matches whole words only.
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl k
-and
-.Fl l
-options.
 .It Fl h
 Display only the SYNOPSIS lines of the requested manual pages.
 Implies
@@ -111,11 +106,6 @@ an expression can be provided using the syntax describ
 .Xr apropos 1
 manual.
 By default, it displays the header lines of all matching pages.
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl f
-and
-.Fl l
-options.
 .It Fl l
 A synonym for
 .Xr mandoc 1
@@ -127,15 +117,10 @@ No search is done and
 .Ar file ,
 .Ar path ,
 .Ar section ,
+.Ar subsection ,
 and
-.Ar subsection
-are ignored.
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl f ,
-.Fl k ,
-and
 .Fl w
-options.
+are ignored.
 .It Fl M Ar path
 Override the list of standard directories which
 .Nm
@@ -218,6 +203,9 @@ The options
 .Fl IKOTW
 are also supported and are documented in
 .Xr mandoc 1 .
+The options
+.Fl fkl
+are mutually exclusive and override each other.
 .Pp
 Guidelines for writing
 man pages can be found in