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diff --git a/man/menu_new.3x b/man/menu_new.3x
index c53bd9b8..3b04f93b 100644
--- a/man/menu_new.3x
+++ b/man/menu_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 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 *
@@ -27,38 +28,46 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: menu_new.3x,v 1.7 1998/11/29 01:10:13 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_new.3x,v 1.18 2020/10/24 08:57:51 tom Exp $
.TH menu_new 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBmenu_new\fR - create and destroy menus
+\fBnew_menu\fP,
+\fBfree_menu\fR \- create and destroy menus
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include
\fR
+.sp
+\fBMENU *new_menu(ITEM **\fP\fIitems\fP\fB);\fP
.br
-MENU *new_menu(ITEM **items);
-.br
-int free_menu(MENU *menu);
+\fBint free_menu(MENU *\fP\fImenu\fP\fB);\fP
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
The function \fBnew_menu\fR creates a new menu connected to a specified item
pointer array (which must be \fBNULL\fR-terminated).
-
+.PP
The function \fBfree_menu\fR disconnects \fImenu\fR 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 \fBerrno\fP according to the function's failure:
+.TP 5
+.B E_NOT_CONNECTED
+No items are connected to the menu.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
+.PP
The function \fBfree_menu\fR returns one of the following:
.TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK
The routine succeeded.
.TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)).
.TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
.TP 5
-\fBE_POSTED\fR
+.B E_POSTED
The menu has already been posted.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X).
@@ -66,14 +75,9 @@ The menu has already been posted.
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.