-\fBlongname\fP
-If the terminal database is present and an entry for the
-user's terminal exists (see \fB\-T\fItype\fR above), then the long name
-of the terminal will be put out.
-The long name is the last
-name in the first line of the terminal's description in the
-\fBterminfo\fP database [see \fBterm\fP(5)].
+.B longname
+A terminfo entry begins with one or more names by which an
+application can refer to the entry,
+before the list of terminal capabilities.
+The names are separated by \*(``|\*('' characters.
+X/Open states that the last name is the \*(``long name\*(''
+and also that it may include blanks.
+.IP
+\fB\%@TIC@\fP warns if the last name does not include blanks,
+to accommodate old terminfo entries which treated
+the long name as an optional feature.
+The long name is often referred to as the description field.
+.IP
+If the terminal database is present and an entry for the user's terminal
+exists
+(see
+.B \-T
+.I type
+above),
+\fB\%@TPUT@\fP reports the terminal's description
+(or \*(``long name\*('')
+to the standard output,
+without a trailing newline.
+See \fB\%term\%info\fP(5).