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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
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-.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.5 2006/07/01 21:55:09 tom Exp $
-.TH clear 1 ""
+.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.10 2013/06/22 22:22:11 tom Exp $
+.TH @CLEAR@ 1 ""
 .ds n 5
 .SH NAME
-\fBclear\fR - clear the terminal screen
+\fB@CLEAR@\fR \- clear the terminal screen
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBclear\fR
+\fB@CLEAR@\fR
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBclear\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
-\fBclear\fR ignores any command-line parameters that may be present.
+\fB@CLEAR@\fR ignores any command-line parameters that may be present.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fB@TPUT@\fR(1), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n)
 .PP
 This describes \fBncurses\fR
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
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