=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mandoc.1,v retrieving revision 1.235 retrieving revision 1.236 diff -u -p -r1.235 -r1.236 --- mandoc/mandoc.1 2018/12/28 00:15:11 1.235 +++ mandoc/mandoc.1 2019/01/01 08:18:11 1.236 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.235 2018/12/28 00:15:11 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.236 2019/01/01 08:18:11 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2012, 2014-2018 Ingo Schwarze @@ -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: December 28 2018 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 1 2019 $ .Dt MANDOC 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -307,8 +307,16 @@ If no is specified, reuse the first command line argument that is not a .Ar section number. -This is useful when it is the name of a manual page, -in particular the name of a library function. +If that argument is in +.Xr apropos 1 +.Ar key Ns = Ns Ar val +format, only the +.Ar val +is used rather than the argument as a whole. +This is useful for commands like +.Ql man -akO tag Ic=ulimit +to search for a keyword and jump right to its definition +in the matching manual pages. .It Cm width Ns = Ns Ar width The output width is set to .Ar width