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diff --git a/man/form_field_userptr.3x b/man/form_field_userptr.3x
index 2aba2083..41e8fbe5 100644
--- a/man/form_field_userptr.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_userptr.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2018 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 *
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: form_field_userptr.3x,v 1.6 1998/11/29 01:07:05 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_userptr.3x,v 1.12 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
.TH form_field_userptr 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBform_field_userptr\fR - associate application data with a form field
+\fBset_field_userptr\fR,
+\fBfield_userptr\fR \- associate application data with a form field
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include
\fR
.br
@@ -40,34 +41,26 @@ void *field_userptr(const FIELD *field);
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
Every form field has a field that can be used to hold application-specific data
-(that is, the form-driver code leaves it alone). These functions get and set
+(that is, the form-driver code leaves it alone).
+These functions get and set
that field.
.SH RETURN VALUE
-The function \fBfield_userptr\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error. The function
-\fBset_field_userptr\fR returns one of the following:
-.TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
-The routine succeeded.
-.TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+The function \fBfield_userptr\fR returns a pointer (which may be \fBNULL\fR).
+It does not set errno.
+.PP
+The function \fBset_field_userptr\fR returns \fBE_OK\fP (success).
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
.SH NOTES
The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header file
\fB\fR.
.SH PORTABILITY
-These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on
+These routines emulate the System V forms library.
+They were not supported on
Version 7 or BSD versions.
-
-The user pointer should be a void pointer. We leave it as a char pointer for
-SVr4 compatibility.
+.PP
+The user pointer is a void pointer.
+We chose not to leave it as a char pointer for SVr4 compatibility.
.SH AUTHORS
-Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
-S. Raymond.
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.