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diff --git a/man/form.3x b/man/form.3x
index 264662e6..dcba19b3 100644
--- a/man/form.3x
+++ b/man/form.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2008 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            *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.20 2006/11/04 18:50:09 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form.3x,v 1.22 2008/10/11 20:48:11 tom Exp $
 .TH form 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBform\fR - curses extension for programming forms
@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@ routines, which create and modify form fields; and form routines, which group
 fields into forms, display forms on the screen, and handle interaction with the
 user.
 .PP
-The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries, and a curses
-initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called before using any of
-these functions.  To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options
+The \fBform\fR library uses the \fBcurses\fR libraries.
+To use the \fBform\fR library, link with the options
 \fB-lform -lcurses\fR.
+.PP
+Your program should set up the locale, e.g.,
+.sp
+     \fBsetlocale(LC_ALL, "");\fP
+.sp
+so that input/output processing will work.
+.PP
+A curses initialization routine such as \fBinitscr\fR must be called
+before using any of these functions.
 .
 .SS Current Default Values for Field Attributes
 .
@@ -69,7 +77,7 @@ current_field	\fBform_page\fR(3X)
 data_ahead	\fBform_data\fR(3X)
 data_behind	\fBform_data\fR(3X)
 dup_field	\fBform_field_new\fR(3X)
-dynamic_fieldinfo	\fBform_field_info\fR(3X)
+dynamic_field_info	\fBform_field_info\fR(3X)
 field_arg	\fBform_field_validation\fR(3X)
 field_back	\fBform_field_attributes\fR(3X)
 field_buffer	\fBform_field_buffer\fR(3X)