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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.8 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.10 2013/06/22 22:22:11 tom Exp $
.TH @CLEAR@ 1 ""
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.SH NAME
\fB@CLEAR@\fR
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
-\fB@CLEAR@\fR clears your screen if this is possible. It looks in the
-environment for the terminal type and then in the \fBterminfo\fR database to
-figure out how to clear the screen.
+\fB@CLEAR@\fR clears your screen if this is possible,
+including its scrollback buffer (if the extended "E3" capability is defined).
+\fB@CLEAR@\fR looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in the
+\fBterminfo\fR database to determine how to clear the screen.
.PP
\fB@CLEAR@\fR ignores any command-line parameters that may be present.
.SH SEE ALSO