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diff --git a/man/curs_util.3x b/man/curs_util.3x
index 719beabd..b98560fd 100644
--- a/man/curs_util.3x
+++ b/man/curs_util.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 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            *
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_util.3x,v 1.49 2017/05/30 21:09:21 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_util.3x,v 1.53 2018/05/26 13:39:03 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_util 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
 .ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
 .el       .ds '' ''
 .de bP
-.IP \(bu 4
+.ie n  .IP \(bu 4
+.el    .IP \(bu 2
 ..
 .na
 .hy 0
@@ -124,10 +125,23 @@ the latter returns null where the former would display a meta character.
 .PP
 The \fBfilter\fR routine, if used, must be called before \fBinitscr\fR or
 \fBnewterm\fR are called.
-The effect is that, during those calls, \fBLINES\fR
-is set to 1; the capabilities \fBclear\fR, \fBcup\fR, \fBcud\fR, \fBcud1\fR,
-\fBcuu1\fR, \fBcuu\fR, \fBvpa\fR are disabled; and the \fBhome\fR string is
-set to the value of \fBcr\fR.
+Calling \fBfilter\fP causes these changes in initialization:
+.bP
+\fBLINES\fR is set to 1;
+.bP
+the capabilities
+\fBclear\fR,
+\fBcud1\fR,
+\fBcud\fR,
+\fBcup\fR,
+\fBcuu1\fR,
+\fBcuu\fR,
+\fBvpa\fR
+are disabled;
+.bP
+the capability \fBed\fP is disabled if \fBbce\fP is set;
+.bP
+and the \fBhome\fR string is set to the value of \fBcr\fR.
 .PP
 The \fBnofilter\fP routine cancels the effect of a preceding \fBfilter\fP
 call.
@@ -148,7 +162,7 @@ Normally \fBncurses\fP looks first at the terminal database for the screen size.
 .IP
 If \fBuse_env\fP was called with \fBFALSE\fP for parameter,
 it stops here unless
-If \fBuse_tioctl\fP was also called with \fBTRUE\fP for parameter.
+\fBuse_tioctl\fP was also called with \fBTRUE\fP for parameter.
 .bP
 Then it asks for the screen size via operating system calls.
 If successful,
@@ -219,8 +233,8 @@ There are a few caveats:
 .bP
 the data written is a copy of the \fBWINDOW\fP structure,
 and its associated character cells.
-The format differs between the wide-character (ncursesw) and
-non-wide (ncurses) libraries.
+The format differs between the wide-character (\fBncursesw\fP) and
+non-wide (\fBncurses\fP) libraries.
 You can transfer data between the two, however.
 .bP
 the retrieved window is always created as a top-level window (or pad),
@@ -362,6 +376,12 @@ X/Open Curses does not document the treatment of codes 128 to 159.
 When treating them as \*(``meta\*('' keys
 (or if \fBkeyname\fP is called before initializing curses),
 this implementation returns strings \*(``M\-^@\*('', \*(``M\-^A\*('', etc.
+.PP
+X/Open Curses documents \fBunctrl\fP as declared in \fB<unctrl.h>\fP,
+which \fBncurses\fP does.
+However, \fBncurses\fP' \fB<curses.h>\fP includes \fB<unctrl.h>\fP,
+matching the behavior of SVr4 curses.
+Other implementations may not do that.
 .SS use_env/use_tioctl
 .PP
 If \fBncurses\fP is configured to provide the sp-functions extension,