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diff --git a/contrib/groff/src/roff/nroff/nroff.man b/contrib/groff/src/roff/nroff/nroff.man
index c021316..fade08e 100644
--- a/contrib/groff/src/roff/nroff/nroff.man
+++ b/contrib/groff/src/roff/nroff/nroff.man
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.ig \"-*- nroff -*-
-Copyright (C) 1989-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.ig
+Copyright (C) 1989-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@@ -30,14 +30,18 @@ the original English.
.ie \\n(.$-1 .RI "[\ \fB\\$1\fP" "\\$2" "\ ]"
.el .RB "[\ " "\\$1" "\ ]"
..
-.OP \-v
.OP \-h
.OP \-i
.OP \-m name
.OP \-n num
.OP \-o list
+.OP \-p
.OP \-r cn
+.OP \-t
+.OP \-S
.OP \-T name
+.OP \-U
+.OP \-v
.RI "[\ " file\|.\|.\|. "\ ]"
.br
.ad \na
@@ -47,24 +51,38 @@ The
script emulates the
.B nroff
command using groff.
-The
-.B \-T
-option with an argument other than
+Only
.BR ascii ,
.BR latin1 ,
.BR utf8 ,
-or
+and
.B cp1047
-will be ignored (and
-.B \-Tascii
-will be used).
+are valid arguments for the
+.B -T
+option.
+If an invalid or no
+.BR \-T
+option is given,
+.B @g@nroff
+checks the current locale to select a default output device.
+It first tries the
+.B locale
+program, then the environment variables
+.BR LC_ALL ,
+.BR LC_CTYPE ,
+and
+.BR LANG ,
+and finally the
+.B LESSCHARSET
+environment variable.
+.PP
The
.B \-h
option
is equivalent to the
-.B grotty
+.BR grotty 's
.B \-h
-option.
+option (i.e., using tabs in the output).
The
.BR \-i ,
.BR \-n ,
@@ -74,16 +92,22 @@ and
.B \-r
options have the effect described in
.BR @g@troff (@MAN1EXT@).
-In addition
+In addition,
.B @g@nroff
-silently ignores options of
+silently ignores the options
.BR \-e ,
-.B \-q
-or
-.BR \-s .
+.BR \-q ,
+and
+.BR \-s
+(which are not implemented in
+.BR @g@troff ).
Options
+.B \-p
+(pic),
+.B \-t
+(tbl),
.B \-S
-(safer) and
+(safer), and
.B \-U
(unsafe) are passed to
.BR groff .
@@ -97,7 +121,7 @@ shows the version number.
.B GROFF_BIN_PATH
A colon separated list of directories in which to search for the
.B groff
-executable. If unset, `@BINDIR@' is used.
+executable before searching in PATH. If unset, `@BINDIR@' is used.
.SH NOTES
This shell script is basically intended for use with
.BR man (1),
@@ -108,3 +132,7 @@ loaded to emulate unrepresentable glyphs.
.BR groff (@MAN1EXT@),
.BR @g@troff (@MAN1EXT@),
.BR grotty (@MAN1EXT@)
+.
+.\" Local Variables:
+.\" mode: nroff
+.\" End:
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