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diff --git a/man7/man.7 b/man7/man.7 index 5eaa7d457e..a76c8803b9 100644 --- a/man7/man.7 +++ b/man7/man.7 @@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ for the Linux \fIman-pages\fP package, see .SS Title line The first command in a man page (after comment lines, that is, lines that start with \fB.\\"\fP) should be +.PP .RS -.sp .B \&.TH .I "title section date source manual" -.sp .RE +.PP For details of the arguments that should be supplied to the .B TH command, see @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ followed by the heading name. .PP The only mandatory heading is NAME, which should be the first section and be followed on the next line by a one-line description of the program: +.PP .RS -.sp \&.SH NAME .br item \\- description -.sp .RE +.PP It is extremely important that this format is followed, and that there is a backslash before the single dash which follows the item name. This syntax is used by the |