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diff --git a/man/curs_variables.3x b/man/curs_variables.3x
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--- a/man/curs_variables.3x
+++ b/man/curs_variables.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 2010,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
+.\" Copyright (c) 2010-2015,2017 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            *
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_variables.3x,v 1.6 2013/12/21 18:41:32 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_variables.3x,v 1.9 2017/11/18 23:56:00 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_variables 3X ""
 .de bP
-.IP \(bu 4
+.ie n  .IP \(bu 4
+.el    .IP \(bu 2
 ..
 .ds n 5
 .na
@@ -127,6 +128,20 @@ most of these variables reside in the curses library.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 ESCDELAY and TABSIZE are extensions,
 not provided in most other implementations of curses.
+.PP
+ESCDELAY is an extension in AIX curses:
+.bP
+In AIX, the units for ESCDELAY are \fIfifths\fP of a millisecond.
+.bP
+The default value for AIX's ESCDELAY is 0.1 seconds.
+.bP
+AIX also enforces a limit of 10,000 seconds for ESCDELAY;
+this implementation currently has no upper limit.
+.PP
+This implementation has long used ESCDELAY with units of milliseconds,
+making it impossible to be completely compatible with AIX.
+Likewise, most users have either decided to override the value,
+or rely upon its default value.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X),
 \fBcurs_opaque\fR(3X),