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diff --git a/man/form_field_new.3x b/man/form_field_new.3x
index 9a18da18..4c9efcab 100644
--- a/man/form_field_new.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                     *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 1998-2010,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -28,32 +28,31 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_field_new.3x,v 1.23 2020/10/17 23:06:36 tom Exp $
-.TH form_field_new 3X ""
+.\" $Id: form_field_new.3x,v 1.31 2023/07/01 15:46:10 tom Exp $
+.TH form_field_new 3X 2023-07-01 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
 .SH NAME
-\fBnew_field\fR,
-\fBdup_field\fR,
-\fBlink_field\fR,
-\fBfree_field\fR \- create and destroy form fields
+\fBnew_field\fP,
+\fBdup_field\fP,
+\fBlink_field\fP,
+\fBfree_field\fP \- create and destroy form fields
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB#include <form.h>\fR
+\fB#include <form.h>\fP
 .sp
-FIELD *new_field(int height, int width,
-                 int toprow, int leftcol,
-                 int offscreen, int nbuffers);
+\fBFIELD *new_field(int \fIheight\fB, int \fIwidth\fB,\fR
+                 \fBint \fItoprow\fB, int \fIleftcol\fB,\fR
+                 \fBint \fIoffscreen\fB, int \fInbuffers\fB);\fR
 .br
-FIELD *dup_field(FIELD *field, int toprow, int leftcol);
+\fBFIELD *dup_field(FIELD *\fIfield\fB, int \fItoprow\fB, int \fIleftcol\fB);\fR
 .br
-FIELD *link_field(FIELD *field, int toprow, int leftcol);
-.br
-int free_field(FIELD *field);
+\fBFIELD *link_field(FIELD *\fIfield\fB, int \fItoprow\fB, int \fIleftcol\fB);\fR
 .br
+\fBint free_field(FIELD *\fIfield\fB);\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The function \fBnew_field\fR allocates a new field and initializes it from the
+The function \fBnew_field\fP allocates a new field and initializes it from the
 parameters given: height, width, row of upper-left corner, column of upper-left
 corner, number off-screen rows, and number of additional working buffers.
 .PP
-The function \fBdup_field\fR duplicates a field at a new location.
+The function \fBdup_field\fP duplicates a field at a new location.
 Most
 attributes (including current contents, size, validation type, buffer count,
 growth threshold, justification, foreground, background, pad character,
@@ -61,14 +60,14 @@ options, and user pointer) are copied.
 Field status and the field page bit are
 not copied.
 .PP
-The function \fBlink_field\fR acts like \fBdup_field\fR, but the new field
+The function \fBlink_field\fP acts like \fBdup_field\fP, but the new field
 shares buffers with its parent.
 Attribute data is separate.
 .PP
-The function \fBfree_field\fR de-allocates storage associated with a field.
+The function \fBfree_field\fP de-allocates storage associated with a field.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-The functions \fBnew_field\fR, \fBdup_field\fR, \fBlink_field\fR return
-\fBNULL\fR on error.
+The functions \fBnew_field\fP, \fBdup_field\fP, \fBlink_field\fP return
+\fBNULL\fP on error.
 They set \fBerrno\fP according to their success:
 .TP 5
 .B E_OK
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
 System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
 .PP
-The function \fBfree_field\fR returns one of the following:
+The function \fBfree_field\fP returns one of the following:
 .TP 5
 .B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
@@ -91,17 +90,17 @@ Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .B E_CONNECTED
 field is connected.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
+\fBcurses\fP(3X), \fBform\fP(3X).
 .SH NOTES
-The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
-\fB<curses.h>\fR.
+The header file \fB<form.h>\fP automatically includes the header file
+\fB<curses.h>\fP.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These routines emulate the System V forms library.
 They were not supported on
 Version 7 or BSD versions.
 .PP
 It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied by
-\fBdup_field\fR being portable; the System V forms library documents are
+\fBdup_field\fP being portable; the System V forms library documents are
 not very explicit about what gets copied and what does not.
 .SH AUTHORS
 Juergen Pfeifer.