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diff --git a/man/menu_new.3x b/man/menu_new.3x
index 7f119162..30bd686d 100644
--- a/man/menu_new.3x
+++ b/man/menu_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" 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 *
.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the *
@@ -27,27 +27,28 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: menu_new.3x,v 1.13 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
-.TH menu_new 3X ""
+.\" $Id: menu_new.3x,v 1.33 2023/11/25 13:58:47 tom Exp $
+.TH menu_new 3X 2023-11-25 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
.SH NAME
\fBnew_menu\fP,
-\fBfree_menu\fR \- create and destroy menus
+\fBfree_menu\fP \-
+create and destroy menus
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB#include
\fR
-.br
-MENU *new_menu(ITEM **items);
-.br
-int free_menu(MENU *menu);
-.br
+.nf
+\fB#include
+.PP
+\fBMENU *new_menu(ITEM **\fIitems\fP);
+\fBint free_menu(MENU *\fImenu\fP);
+.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-The function \fBnew_menu\fR creates a new menu connected to a specified item
-pointer array (which must be \fBNULL\fR-terminated).
+The function \fBnew_menu\fP creates a new menu connected to a specified item
+pointer array (which must be \fBNULL\fP-terminated).
.PP
-The function \fBfree_menu\fR disconnects \fImenu\fR from its item array
+The function \fBfree_menu\fP disconnects \fImenu\fP from its item array
and frees the storage allocated for the menu.
.SH RETURN VALUE
-The function \fBnew_menu\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.
-It sets errno according to the function's failure:
+The function \fBnew_menu\fP returns \fBNULL\fP on error.
+It sets \fBerrno\fP according to the function's failure:
.TP 5
.B E_NOT_CONNECTED
No items are connected to the menu.
@@ -55,24 +56,19 @@ No items are connected to the menu.
.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
.PP
-The function \fBfree_menu\fR returns one of the following:
+The function \fBfree_menu\fP returns one of the following:
.TP 5
.B E_OK
The routine succeeded.
.TP 5
.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fP(3)).
.TP 5
.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
.TP 5
.B E_POSTED
The menu has already been posted.
-.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
@@ -80,3 +76,6 @@ Version 7 or BSD versions.
.SH AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer.
Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
+\fB\%menu\fP(3X)