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diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index e4d99723fc..d7d66bf28e 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ command: .PP .RS .B \&.TH -.I "title section date source manual" +.I "title section date source manual-section" .RE .PP The arguments of the command are as follows: @@ -111,35 +111,12 @@ them as part of a patch.) Dates should be written in the form YYYY-MM-DD. .TP .I source -The source of the command, function, or system call. -.IP -For those few \fIman-pages\fP pages in Sections 1 and 8, -probably you just want to write -.IR GNU . -.IP -For system calls, just write -.IR "Linux" . -(An earlier practice was to write the version number -of the kernel from which the manual page was being written/checked. -However, this was never done consistently, and so was -probably worse than including no version number. -Henceforth, avoid including a version number.) -.IP -For library calls that are part of glibc or one of the -other common GNU libraries, just use -.IR "GNU C Library" ", " GNU , -or an empty string. -.IP -For Section 4 pages, use -.IR "Linux" . -.IP -In cases of doubt, just write -.IR Linux ", or " GNU . +The name and version of the project that provides the manual page +(not necessarily the package that provides the functionality). .TP -.I manual -The title of the manual (e.g., for Section 2 and 3 pages in -the \fIman-pages\fP package, use -.IR "Linux Programmer's Manual" ). +.I manual-section +Normally, this should be empty, +since the default value will be good. .\" .SS Sections within a manual page The list below shows conventional or suggested sections. |