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diff --git a/man/terminfo.head b/man/terminfo.head
index 24d4e2a5..a17fa782 100644
--- a/man/terminfo.head
+++ b/man/terminfo.head
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 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            *
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.33 2018/05/19 20:57:27 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.42 2021/12/25 17:39:16 tom Exp $
 .TH terminfo 5 "" "" "File Formats"
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
@@ -49,24 +50,32 @@
 .de NE
 .fi
 .ft R
-.in -4
+.ie n  .in -4
+.el    .in -2
 ..
 .SH NAME
-terminfo \- terminal capability data base
+terminfo \- terminal capability database
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \*d/*/*
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I Terminfo
-is a data base describing terminals, used by screen-oriented programs such as
-\fBnvi\fR(1),
-\fBrogue\fR(1)
-and libraries such as
-\fBcurses\fR(3X).
+is a database describing terminals,
+used by screen-oriented programs such as
+\fBnvi\fP(1),
+\fBlynx\fP(1),
+\fBmutt\fP(1),
+and other curses applications,
+using high-level calls to libraries such as \fBcurses\fP(3X).
+It is also used via low-level calls by non-curses applications
+which may be screen-oriented (such as \fB@CLEAR@\fP(1))
+or non-screen (such as \fB@TABS@\fP(1)).
+.PP
 .I Terminfo
 describes terminals by giving a set of capabilities which they
 have, by specifying how to perform screen operations, and by
 specifying padding requirements and initialization sequences.
-This describes \fBncurses\fR
+.PP
+This manual describes \fBncurses\fP
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
 .SS Terminfo Entry Syntax
 .PP
@@ -74,7 +83,7 @@ Entries in
 .I terminfo
 consist of a sequence of fields:
 .bP
-Each field ends with a comma \*(``,\*('' 
+Each field ends with a comma \*(``,\*(''
 (embedded commas may be
 escaped with a backslash or written as \*(``\\054\*('').
 .bP
@@ -123,7 +132,7 @@ have a root name, thus \*(``hp2621\*(''.
 This name should not contain hyphens.
 Modes that the hardware can be in, or user preferences, should
 be indicated by appending a hyphen and a mode suffix.
-Thus, a vt100 in 132 column mode would be vt100\-w.
+Thus, a vt100 in 132-column mode would be vt100\-w.
 The following suffixes should be used where possible:
 .PP
 .TS
@@ -182,7 +191,7 @@ rather than a capability value.
 If there are two very similar terminals, one (the variant) can be defined as
 being just like the other (the base) with certain exceptions.
 In the
-definition of the variant, the string capability \fBuse\fR can be given with
+definition of the variant, the string capability \fBuse\fP can be given with
 the name of the base terminal:
 .bP
 The capabilities given before
@@ -190,14 +199,14 @@ The capabilities given before
 override those in the base type named by
 .BR use .
 .bP
-If there are multiple \fBuse\fR capabilities, they are merged in reverse order.
-That is, the rightmost \fBuse\fR reference is processed first, then the one to
+If there are multiple \fBuse\fP capabilities, they are merged in reverse order.
+That is, the rightmost \fBuse\fP reference is processed first, then the one to
 its left, and so forth.
 .bP
 Capabilities given explicitly in the entry override
-those brought in by \fBuse\fR references.
+those brought in by \fBuse\fP references.
 .PP
-A capability can be canceled by placing \fBxx@\fR to the left of the
+A capability can be canceled by placing \fBxx@\fP to the left of the
 use reference that imports it, where \fIxx\fP is the capability.
 For example, the entry
 .RS
@@ -205,7 +214,7 @@ For example, the entry
 2621\-nl, smkx@, rmkx@, use=2621,
 .RE
 .PP
-defines a 2621\-nl that does not have the \fBsmkx\fR or \fBrmkx\fR capabilities,
+defines a 2621\-nl that does not have the \fBsmkx\fP or \fBrmkx\fP capabilities,
 and hence does not turn on the function key labels when in visual mode.
 This is useful for different modes for a terminal, or for different
 user preferences.