=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc.7,v retrieving revision 1.245 retrieving revision 1.246 diff -u -p -r1.245 -r1.246 --- mandoc/mdoc.7 2014/11/30 21:56:18 1.245 +++ mandoc/mdoc.7 2014/12/28 15:23:33 1.246 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.245 2014/11/30 21:56:18 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.246 2014/12/28 15:23:33 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013 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: November 30 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 28 2014 $ .Dt MDOC 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1314,38 +1314,26 @@ it should by convention be all caps. The manual section. This may be one of .Cm 1 -.Pq utilities , +.Pq General Commands , .Cm 2 -.Pq system calls , +.Pq System Calls , .Cm 3 -.Pq libraries , +.Pq Library Functions , .Cm 3p -.Pq Perl libraries , +.Pq Perl Library , .Cm 4 -.Pq devices , +.Pq Device Drivers , .Cm 5 -.Pq file formats , +.Pq File Formats , .Cm 6 -.Pq games , +.Pq Games , .Cm 7 -.Pq miscellaneous , +.Pq Miscellaneous Information , .Cm 8 -.Pq system utilities , -.Cm 9 -.Pq kernel functions , -.Cm X11 -.Pq X Window System , -.Cm X11R6 -.Pq X Window System , -.Cm unass -.Pq unassociated , -.Cm local -.Pq local system , -.Cm draft -.Pq draft manual , +.Pq System Manager's Manual , or -.Cm paper -.Pq paper . +.Cm 9 +.Pq Kernel Developer's Manual . It should correspond to the manual's filename suffix and defaults to the empty string if unspecified. .It Ar arch @@ -2100,8 +2088,16 @@ Its syntax is as follows: The optional .Ar system parameter specifies the relevant operating system or environment. -Left unspecified, it defaults to the local operating system version. -This is the suggested form. +It is suggested to leave it unspecified, in which case +.Xr mandoc 1 +uses its +.Fl Ios +argument, or, if that isn't specified either, +.Fa sysname +and +.Fa release +as returned by +.Xr uname 3 . .Pp Examples: .Dl \&.Os