-Portable applications should only test if the return value is ERR,
-since the OK value (zero) is likely to be misleading.
+.bP
+This implementation returns the number of items scanned,
+for compatibility with SVr4 curses.
+As of 2018, NetBSD curses also returns the number of items scanned.
+Both ncurses and NetBSD curses call \fBvsscanf\fP to scan the string,
+which returns \fBEOF\fP on error.
+.bP
+Portable applications should only test if the return value is \fBERR\fP,
+since the \fBOK\fP value (zero) is likely to be misleading.
+.IP