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diff --git a/man/menu_mark.3x b/man/menu_mark.3x
index 1db2b3ee..96011357 100644
--- a/man/menu_mark.3x
+++ b/man/menu_mark.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2015 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 *
@@ -27,16 +28,17 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: menu_mark.3x,v 1.9 2006/11/04 18:33:18 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_mark.3x,v 1.18 2020/10/24 08:59:04 tom Exp $
.TH menu_mark 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBmenu_mark\fR - get and set the menu mark string
+\fBset_menu_mark\fP,
+\fBmenu_mark\fR \- get and set the menu mark string
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include
\fR
+.sp
+\fBint set_menu_mark(MENU *\fP\fImenu\fP\fB, const char *\fP\fImark\fP\fB);\fP
.br
-int set_menu_mark(MENU *menu, const char *mark);
-.br
-const char *menu_mark(const MENU *menu);
+\fBconst char *menu_mark(const MENU *\fP\fImenu\fP\fB);\fP
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
In order to make menu selections visible on older terminals without
@@ -48,14 +50,15 @@ Calling \fBset_menu_mark\fR with a null menu item will abolish the mark string.
Note that changing the length of the mark string for a menu while the
menu is posted is likely to produce unhelpful behavior.
.PP
-The default string is "-" (a dash). Calling \fBset_menu_mark\fR with
+The default string is "\-" (a dash).
+Calling \fBset_menu_mark\fR with
a non-\fBNULL\fR menu argument will change this default.
.PP
The function \fBmenu_mark\fR returns the menu's mark string (or \fBNULL\fR if
there is none).
.SH RETURN VALUE
The function \fBmenu_mark\fR returns a pointer (which may be \fBNULL\fR).
-It does not set errno.
+It does not set \fBerrno\fP.
.PP
The function \fBset_menu_mark\fR may return the following error codes:
.TP 5
@@ -66,21 +69,16 @@ The routine succeeded.
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
.TP 5
.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)).
.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.
.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.