- <STRONG>clear</STRONG> ignores any command-line parameters that may be
- present. The analogous "<STRONG>tput</STRONG> clear" has command-line
- parameters including <STRONG>-T</STRONG> for overriding the <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> environ-
- ment variable.
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></H2><PRE>
+ <B>-T</B> <I>type</I>
+ indicates the <I>type</I> of terminal. Normally this option is
+ unnecessary, because the default is taken from the environment
+ variable <B>TERM</B>. If <B>-T</B> is specified, then the shell variables <B>LINES</B>
+ and <B>COLUMNS</B> will also be ignored.
+
+ <B>-V</B> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and
+ exits. The options are as follows:
+
+ <B>-x</B> do not attempt to clear the terminal's scrollback buffer using the
+ extended "E3" capability.