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diff --git a/man/default_colors.3x b/man/default_colors.3x
index e00b4981..ca0db728 100644
--- a/man/default_colors.3x
+++ b/man/default_colors.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
 .\"
 .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997,1999,2000,2005
 .\"
-.\" $Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.18 2005/02/19 20:25:44 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.21 2010/07/31 16:10:55 tom Exp $
 .TH default_colors 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBuse_default_colors\fR,
 \fBassume_default_colors\fR \- use terminal's default colors
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fP
-
+.sp
 \fBint use_default_colors(void);\fP
 .br
 \fBint assume_default_colors(int fg, int bg);\fP
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ visual effects.
 The first function,
 .I use_default_colors()
 tells the curses library to assign terminal default
-foreground/background colors to color number -1. So init_pair(x,COLOR_RED,-1)
-will initialize pair x as red on default background and init_pair(x,-1,COLOR_BLUE) will
+foreground/background colors to color number \-1. So init_pair(x,COLOR_RED,\-1)
+will initialize pair x as red on default background and init_pair(x,\-1,COLOR_BLUE) will
 initialize pair x as default foreground on blue.
 .PP
 The other,
 .I assume_default_colors()
 is a refinement which tells which colors to paint for color pair 0.
-This function recognizes a special color number -1,
+This function recognizes a special color number \-1,
 which denotes the default terminal color.
 .PP
 The following are equivalent:
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ The following are equivalent:
 .br
 .I use_default_colors();
 .br
-.I assume_default_colors(-1,-1);
+.I assume_default_colors(\-1,\-1);
 .RE
 .PP
 These are ncurses extensions.
 For other curses implementations, color
-number -1 does not mean anything, just as for ncurses before a
+number \-1 does not mean anything, just as for ncurses before a
 successful call of \fIuse_default_colors()\fP or \fIassume_default_colors()\fP.
 .PP
 Other curses implementations do not allow an application to modify color pair 0.
@@ -104,9 +104,8 @@ the \fIorig_pair\fP or \fIorig_colors\fP capability.
 If the \fIinitialize_pair\fP capability is found, this causes an
 error as well.
 .SH NOTES
-Associated with this extension, the \fBinit_pair\fR(3X) function accepts
-negative arguments to specify default foreground or background
-colors.
+Associated with this extension, the \fBinit_pair\fR function accepts
+negative arguments to specify default foreground or background colors.
 .PP
 The \fIuse_default_colors()\fP function was added to support \fIded\fP.
 This is a full-screen application which uses curses to manage only part