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diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_addstr.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_addstr.3x.html
index 1506a391..71abb99e 100644
--- a/doc/html/man/curs_addstr.3x.html
+++ b/doc/html/man/curs_addstr.3x.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
int addnstr(const char *str, int n);
int waddstr(WINDOW *win, const char *str);
int waddnstr(WINDOW *win, const char *str, int n);
+
int mvaddstr(int y, int x, const char *str);
int mvaddnstr(int y, int x, const char *str, int n);
int mvwaddstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const char *str);
@@ -66,16 +68,16 @@
These functions write the (null-terminated) character string str on the
- given window. It is similar to calling waddch once for each character
- in the string.
+ given window. It is similar to calling waddch once for each byte in
+ the string.
The mv functions perform cursor movement once, before writing any char-
acters. Thereafter, the cursor is advanced as a side-effect of writing
to the window.
- The four functions with n as the last argument write at most n charac-
- ters, or until a terminating null is reached. If n is -1, then the en-
- tire string will be added.
+ The four functions with n as the last argument write at most n bytes,
+ or until a terminating null is reached. If n is -1, then the entire
+ string will be added.
@@ -92,7 +94,15 @@
Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
wmove, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
- the window pointer is null.
+ the window pointer is null. If an error is returned by the wmove, no
+ characters are added to the window.
+
+ If an error is returned by waddch (e.g., because the window is not
+ large enough, or an illegal byte sequence was detected) only part of
+ the string may be added. Aside from that, there is a special case in
+ waddch where an error may be returned after successfully writing a
+ character to the lower-right corner of a window when scrollok is dis-
+ abled.