- <STRONG>-T</STRONG> <EM>type</EM>
- indicates the <EM>type</EM> of terminal. Normally this option is unneces-
- sary, because the default is taken from the environment variable
- <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>. If <STRONG>-T</STRONG> is specified, then the shell variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and <STRONG>COL-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>UMNS</STRONG> will also be ignored.
+ <STRONG>clear</STRONG> recognizes the following options.
+
+ <STRONG>-T</STRONG> <EM>type</EM> produces instructions suitable for the terminal <EM>type</EM>.
+ Normally, this option is unnecessary, because the terminal
+ type is inferred from the environment variable <EM>TERM</EM>. If this
+ option is specified, <STRONG>clear</STRONG> ignores the environment variables
+ <EM>LINES</EM> and <EM>COLUMNS</EM> as well.
+
+ <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of <EM>ncurses</EM> associated with this program
+ and exits with a successful status.
+
+ <STRONG>-x</STRONG> prevents <STRONG>clear</STRONG> from attempting to clear the scrollback buffer.
+