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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.242 2014/11/27 16:20:31 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.247 2014/12/31 20:42:31 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -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 27 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 31 2014 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ in the alphabetical
 .Ss Document preamble and NAME section macros
 .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
 .It Sx \&Dd Ta document date: Cm $\&Mdocdate$ | Ar month day , year
-.It Sx \&Dt Ta document title: Ar TITLE section Op Ar volume | arch
+.It Sx \&Dt Ta document title: Ar TITLE section Op Ar arch
 .It Sx \&Os Ta operating system version: Op Ar system Op Ar version
 .It Sx \&Nm Ta document name (one argument)
 .It Sx \&Nd Ta document description (one line)
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ Its syntax is as follows:
 .Pf \. Sx \&Dt
 .Ar TITLE
 .Ar section
-.Op Ar volume | arch
+.Op Ar arch
 .Ed
 .Pp
 Its arguments are as follows:
@@ -1314,69 +1314,28 @@ 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 volume
-This overrides the volume inferred from
-.Ar section .
-This field is optional, and if specified, must be one of
-.Cm USD
-.Pq users' supplementary documents ,
-.Cm PS1
-.Pq programmers' supplementary documents ,
-.Cm AMD
-.Pq administrators' supplementary documents ,
-.Cm SMM
-.Pq system managers' manuals ,
-.Cm URM
-.Pq users' reference manuals ,
-.Cm PRM
-.Pq programmers' reference manuals ,
-.Cm KM
-.Pq kernel manuals ,
-.Cm IND
-.Pq master index ,
-.Cm MMI
-.Pq master index ,
-.Cm LOCAL
-.Pq local manuals ,
-.Cm LOC
-.Pq local manuals ,
-or
-.Cm CON
-.Pq contributed manuals .
 .It Ar arch
 This specifies the machine architecture a manual page applies to,
 where relevant, for example
@@ -1385,17 +1344,11 @@ where relevant, for example
 .Cm i386 ,
 or
 .Cm sparc64 .
-The list of supported architectures varies by operating system.
-For the full list of all architectures recognized by
-.Xr mandoc 1 ,
-see the file
-.Pa arch.in
-in the source distribution.
+The list of valid architectures varies by operating system.
 .El
 .Pp
 Examples:
 .Dl \&.Dt FOO 1
-.Dl \&.Dt FOO 4 KM
 .Dl \&.Dt FOO 9 i386
 .Pp
 See also
@@ -2135,8 +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
@@ -2240,9 +2201,12 @@ See also
 Close quoted context opened by
 .Sx \&Qo .
 .Ss \&Ql
-Format a single-quoted literal.
+Request a literal font and enclose in single quotes.
+For arguments of three or more characters, formatters other than
+.Xr mandoc 1
+usually omit the quotes on non-terminal output devices.
 See also
-.Sx \&Qq
+.Sx \&Li
 and
 .Sx \&Sq .
 .Ss \&Qo
@@ -2431,8 +2395,6 @@ The original C standard.
 .Pp
 .It \-isoC-99
 .St -isoC-99
-.It \-ansiC-99
-.St -ansiC-99
 .br
 The second major version of the C language standard.
 .Pp
@@ -2532,9 +2494,6 @@ The following three refer to parts of it.
 .br
 Networking APIs, including sockets.
 .Pp
-.It \-xpg4.3
-.St -xpg4.3
-.Pp
 .It \-svid4
 .St -svid4 ,
 .br
@@ -2564,14 +2523,9 @@ The following refer to parts of it.
 .It \-xns5.2
 .St -xns5.2
 .El
-.It Single UNIX Specification version 3 and related standards
+.It Single UNIX Specification version 3
 .Pp
-.Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000X" -compact
-.It \-p1003.1d-99
-.St -p1003.1d-99
-.br
-Additional real-time extensions.
-.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1-2001" -compact
 .It \-p1003.1-2001
 .St -p1003.1-2001
 .It \-susv3