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diff --git a/man/form_field.3x b/man/form_field.3x
index f3a26c57..b10e5af0 100644
--- a/man/form_field.3x
+++ b/man/form_field.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2012 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 *
@@ -27,10 +28,10 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: form_field.3x,v 1.8 2006/11/04 18:01:38 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field.3x,v 1.15 2020/03/28 19:06:28 tom Exp $
.TH form_field 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBform_field\fR - make and break connections between fields and forms
+\fBform_field\fR \- make and break connections between fields and forms
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include
\fR
.br
@@ -52,9 +53,9 @@ The function \fBfield_count\fR returns the count of fields in \fIform\fR.
.PP
The function \fBmove_field\fR moves the given field (which must be disconnected)
to a specified location on the screen.
-.SH RETURN VALUES
+.SH RETURN VALUE
The function \fBform_fields\fR returns a pointer (which may be \fBNULL\fR).
-It does not set errno.
+It does not set \fBerrno\fP.
.PP
The function \fBfield_count\fR returns \fBERR\fR if the \fIform\fP parameter
is \fBNULL\fP.
@@ -75,24 +76,19 @@ The field is already connected to a form.
The form is already posted.
.TP 5
.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)).
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
.SH NOTES
The header file \fB\fR automatically includes the header file
\fB\fR.
.SH PORTABILITY
-These routines emulate the System V forms library. They were not supported on
+These routines emulate the System V forms library.
+They were not supported on
Version 7 or BSD versions.
.PP
The SVr4 forms library documentation specifies the \fBfield_count\fR error value
-as -1 (which is the value of \fBERR\fR).
+as \-1 (which is the value of \fBERR\fR).
.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.