-Every menu has an associated pattern match buffer. As input events that are
-printable ASCII characters come in, they are appended to this match buffer
-and tested for a match, as described in \fBmenu_driver\fR(3X).
-
-The function \fBset_menu_pattern\fR sets the pattern buffer for the given menu
-and tries to find the first matching item. If it succeeds, that item becomes
-current; if not, the current item does not change.
-
-The function \fBmenu_pattern\fR returns the pattern buffer of the given
-\fImenu\fR.
+Every menu has an associated pattern match buffer.
+As input events that are
+printable characters come in, they are appended to this match buffer
+and tested for a match, as described in \fBmenu_driver\fP(3X).
+.PP
+The function \fBset_menu_pattern\fP sets the pattern buffer for the given menu
+and tries to find the first matching item.
+If it succeeds, that item becomes
+current; if not, the current item does not change.
+.PP
+The function \fBmenu_pattern\fP returns the pattern buffer of the given
+\fImenu\fP.