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diff --git a/man/menu_userptr.3x b/man/menu_userptr.3x
index 1fe35418..eb8ef99f 100644
--- a/man/menu_userptr.3x
+++ b/man/menu_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: menu_userptr.3x,v 1.6 1998/11/29 01:11:02 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_userptr.3x,v 1.12 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
.TH menu_userptr 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBmenu_userptr\fR - associate application data with a menu item
+\fBset_menu_userptr\fP,
+\fBmenu_userptr\fR \- associate application data with a menu item
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include
\fR
.br
@@ -43,31 +44,22 @@ Every menu and every menu item has a field that can be used to hold
application-specific data (that is, the menu-driver code leaves it alone).
These functions get and set the menu user pointer field.
.SH RETURN VALUE
-Except for \fBmenu_userptr\fR (which returns \fBNULL\fR on error), each
-function 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).
+\fBmenu_userptr\fR returns a pointer (which may be \fBNULL\fR).
+It does not set errno.
+.PP
+\fBset_menu_userptr\fP returns \fBE_OK\fP (success).
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X).
.SH NOTES
The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header file
\fB\fR.
.SH PORTABILITY
-These routines emulate the System V menu library. They were not supported on
+These routines emulate the System V menu 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
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-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.