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diff --git a/usr.bin/colldef/colldef.1 b/usr.bin/colldef/colldef.1
index 571b1b8..d2425d0 100644
--- a/usr.bin/colldef/colldef.1
+++ b/usr.bin/colldef/colldef.1
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ and
functions.
It is used to define the many ways in which
strings can be ordered and collated.
+The
.Fn strxfrm
-transforms
+function transforms
its first argument and places the result in its second
argument.
The transformed string is such that it can be
@@ -57,8 +58,9 @@ correctly ordered with other transformed strings by using
.Fn strncmp ,
or
.Fn memcmp .
+The
.Fn strcoll
-transforms its arguments and does a
+function transforms its arguments and does a
comparison.
.Pp
The
@@ -69,14 +71,14 @@ The output file produced contains the
database with collating sequence information in a form
usable by system commands and routines.
.Pp
-Options list:
-.Bl -tag -width 4n
+The following options are available:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl I Ar map_dir
-This option set directory name where
+Set directory name where
.Ar charmap
files can be found, current directory by default.
.It Fl o Ar out_file
-This option set output file name,
+Set output file name,
.Ar LC_COLLATE
by default.
.El
@@ -104,15 +106,17 @@ Any
statements after the order statement are ignored.
.Pp
Lines in the specification file beginning with a
-.Ar #
+.Em #
are
treated as comments and are ignored.
Blank lines are also
ignored.
.Pp
-.Ar charmap charmapfile
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+charmap charmapfile
+.Ed
.Pp
-.Ar charmap
+.Ar Charmap
defines where a mapping of the character
and collating element symbols to the actual
character encoding can be found.
@@ -122,23 +126,27 @@ The format of
is shown below.
Symbol
names are separated from their values by TAB or
-SPACE characters. symbol-value can be specified in
+SPACE characters. Symbol-value can be specified in
a hexadecimal (\ex\fI??\fR) or octal (\e\fI???\fR)
representation, and can be only one character in length.
-.Bd -literal
-.Ar symbol-name1 symbol-value1
-.Ar symbol-name2 symbol-value2
-.Ar ...
+.Pp
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+symbol-name1 symbol-value1
+symbol-name2 symbol-value2
+\&...
.Ed
.Pp
+Symbol names cannot be specified in
+.Ar substitute
+fields.
+.Pp
The
.Ar charmap
statement is optional.
.Pp
-.Ar substitute
-\fIsymbol\fR
-.Ar with
-"\fIrepl_string\fR"
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+substitute "symbol" with "repl_string"
+.Ed
.Pp
The
.Ar substitute
@@ -153,9 +161,11 @@ The
.Ar substitute
statement is optional.
.Pp
-.Ar order order_list
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+order order_list
+.Ed
.Pp
-.Ar order_list
+.Ar Order_list
is a list of symbols, separated by semi colons, that defines the
collating sequence.
The
@@ -173,17 +183,17 @@ ways:
The symbol itself (for example,
.Ar a
for the lower-case letter
-.Ar a )
+.Ar a ) .
.It
The symbol in octal representation (for example,
.Ar \e141
for the letter
-.Ar a )
+.Ar a ) .
.It
The symbol in hexadecimal representation (for example,
.Ar \ex61
for the letter
-.Ar a )
+.Ar a ) .
.It
The symbol name as defined in the
.Ar charmap
@@ -209,7 +219,7 @@ Symbols
.Ar \en ,
.Ar \er ,
.Ar \ev
-are permitted in its usual C-language meaning
+are permitted in its usual C-language meaning.
.It
The symbol chain (for example:
.Ar abc ,
@@ -217,7 +227,7 @@ The symbol chain (for example:
.Ar \exf1b\exf2 )
.It
The symbol range (for example,
-.Ar a;...;z )
+.Ar a;...;z ) .
.It
Comma-separated symbols, ranges and chains enclosed in parenthesis (for example
.Ar \&(
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