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diff --git a/man/curs_initscr.3x b/man/curs_initscr.3x
index 3f7c37d6..1e30604a 100644
--- a/man/curs_initscr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_initscr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.60 2023/12/23 16:27:25 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_initscr 3X 2023-12-23 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.75 2024/06/08 20:34:23 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_initscr 3X 2024-06-08 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -155,18 +155,23 @@ Routines that return pointers always return \fBNULL\fP on error.
 X/Open defines no error conditions.
 In this implementation
 .bP
-\fBendwin\fP returns an error if
+\fBendwin\fP returns
+.B ERR
+if
 .RS
 .bP
 the terminal was not initialized, or
 .bP
 \fBendwin\fP is called more than once without updating the screen, or
 .bP
-\fBreset_shell_mode\fP(3X) returns an error.
+\fBreset_shell_mode\fP(3X) return
+.BR ERR "."
 .RE
 .bP
 \fBnewterm\fP
-returns an error if it cannot allocate the data structures for the screen,
+returns
+.B ERR
+if it cannot allocate the data structures for the screen,
 or for the top-level windows within the screen,
 i.e.,
 \fBcurscr\fP, \fBnewscr\fP, or \fBstdscr\fP.
@@ -174,10 +179,10 @@ i.e.,
 \fBset_term\fP
 returns no error.
 .SH PORTABILITY
-These functions were described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
+These functions were described in X/Open Curses, Issue 4.
 As of 2015, the current document is X/Open Curses, Issue 7.
 .SS Differences
-X/Open specifies that portable applications must not
+X/Open Curses specifies that portable applications must not
 call \fBinitscr\fP more than once:
 .bP
 The portable way to use \fBinitscr\fP is once only,
@@ -189,7 +194,7 @@ This implementation allows using \fBinitscr\fP after \fBendwin\fP.
 Old versions of curses, e.g., BSD 4.4, would return a null pointer
 from \fBinitscr\fP when an error is detected, rather than exiting.
 It is safe but redundant to check the return value of \fBinitscr\fP
-in XSI Curses.
+in X/Open Curses.
 .PP
 Calling \fBendwin\fP does not dispose of the memory allocated in \fBinitscr\fP
 or \fBnewterm\fP.
@@ -244,7 +249,8 @@ which normally corresponds to a terminal entry with the \fIgeneric\fP
 (\fIgn\fP) capability.
 Generic entries are detected by \fBsetupterm\fP(3X)
 and cannot be used for full-screen operation.
-Other implementations may handle a missing/empty \fITERM\fP variable differently.
+Other implementations may handle
+a missing/empty \fITERM\fP variable differently.
 .SS "Signal Handlers"
 Quoting from X/Open Curses Issue 7, section 3.1.1:
 .RS 5
@@ -270,7 +276,7 @@ Applications which must handle these signals should set up the corresponding
 handlers \fIafter\fP initializing the library:
 .TP 5
 .B SIGINT
-The handler \fIattempts\fP to cleanup the screen on exit.
+The handler \fIattempts\fP to clean up the screen on exit.
 Although it \fIusually\fP works as expected, there are limitations:
 .RS 5
 .bP
@@ -302,10 +308,23 @@ It also updates the saved terminal modes with
 This handles the window-size changes which were ignored in
 the standardization efforts.
 The handler sets a (signal-safe) variable
-which is later tested in \fB\%wgetch\fP(3X).
-If \fBkeypad\fP has been enabled for the corresponding window,
-\fBwgetch\fP returns the key symbol \fBKEY_RESIZE\fP.
-At the same time, \fBwgetch\fP calls \fBresizeterm\fP to adjust the
+that is later tested by \fB\%wgetch\fP(3X) and \fB\%wget_wch\fP(3X).
+.RS
+.bP
+.B \%wgetch
+returns the key code
+.BR \%KEY_RESIZE "."
+.bP
+.B \%wget_wch
+returns
+.B \%KEY_CODE_YES
+and sets its
+.I wch
+parameter to
+.BR \%KEY_RESIZE "."
+.RE
+.IP
+At the same time, \fI\%ncurses\fP calls \fBresizeterm\fP to adjust the
 standard screen \fBstdscr\fP,
 and update other data such as \fBLINES\fP and \fBCOLS\fP.
 .SH SEE ALSO