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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mandoc.1,v
retrieving revision 1.102
retrieving revision 1.105
diff -u -p -r1.102 -r1.105
--- mandoc/mandoc.1	2013/03/06 08:08:24	1.102
+++ mandoc/mandoc.1	2014/06/23 22:03:30	1.105
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\"	$Id: mandoc.1,v 1.102 2013/03/06 08:08:24 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mandoc.1,v 1.105 2014/06/23 22:03:30 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
-.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2012, 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
 .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\" 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 6 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 23 2014 $
 .Dt MANDOC 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -498,9 +498,7 @@ parser:
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 Standard error messages reporting parsing errors are prefixed by
 .Pp
-.Sm off
-.D1 Ar file : line : column : \ level :
-.Sm on
+.D1 Nm Ns : Ar file : Ns Ar line : Ns Ar column : level :
 .Pp
 where the fields have the following meanings:
 .Bl -tag -width "column"
@@ -518,8 +516,17 @@ points to the first character of the word.
 The message level, printed in capital letters.
 .El
 .Pp
+The
+.Ar line
+and
+.Ar column
+fields are omitted when meaningless.
+.Pp
 Message levels have the following meanings:
 .Bl -tag -width "warning"
+.It Cm syserr
+Opening or reading an input file failed, so the parser cannot
+even be started and no output is produced from that input file.
 .It Cm fatal
 The parser is unable to parse a given input file at all.
 No formatted output is produced from that input file.
@@ -555,9 +562,8 @@ output mode.
 The
 .Nm
 utility may also print messages related to invalid command line arguments
-or operating system errors, for example when memory is exhausted or
-input files cannot be read.
-Such messages do not carry the prefix described above.
+or operating system errors, for example when memory is exhausted.
+Such messages may not carry the prefix described above.
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
 This section summarises
 .Nm
@@ -650,8 +656,7 @@ lists render similarly.
 The
 .Nm
 utility was written by
-.An Kristaps Dzonsons ,
-.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
+.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
 .Sh CAVEATS
 In
 .Fl T Ns Cm html