-the standard \fIcapname\fR operands, and an internal library
-function to analyze nonstandard \fIcapname\fR operands.
+the standard \fIcapname\fP operands, and an internal library
+function to analyze nonstandard \fIcapname\fP operands.
+.IP
+Besides providing more reliable operation than AT&T's utility,
+a portability problem is introduced by this analysis:
+An OpenBSD developer adapted the internal library function from ncurses
+to port NetBSD's termcap-based \fBtput\fP to terminfo.
+That had been modified to interpret multiple commands on a line.
+Portable applications should not rely upon this feature;
+ncurses provides it to support applications written
+specifically for OpenBSD.