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diff --git a/man/form_field_new.3x b/man/form_field_new.3x
index 00156e13..1a240d0a 100644
--- a/man/form_field_new.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                     *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2015 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            *
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_field_new.3x,v 1.19 2015/12/05 23:42:45 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_new.3x,v 1.24 2020/10/24 09:09:18 tom Exp $
 .TH form_field_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBnew_field\fR,
@@ -36,36 +37,39 @@
 \fBfree_field\fR \- create and destroy form fields
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
+.sp
+\fBFIELD *new_field(int \fP\fIheight\fP\fB, int \fP\fIwidth\fP\fB,\fP
+                 \fBint \fP\fItoprow\fP\fB, int \fP\fIleftcol\fP\fB,\fP
+                 \fBint \fP\fIoffscreen\fP\fB, int \fP\fInbuffers\fP\fB);\fP
 .br
-FIELD *new_field(int height, int width,
-                 int toprow, int leftcol,
-                 int offscreen, int nbuffers);
+\fBFIELD *dup_field(FIELD *\fP\fIfield\fP\fB, int \fP\fItoprow\fP\fB, int \fP\fIleftcol\fP\fB);\fP
 .br
-FIELD *dup_field(FIELD *field, int toprow, int leftcol);
+\fBFIELD *link_field(FIELD *\fP\fIfield\fP\fB, int \fP\fItoprow\fP\fB, int \fP\fIleftcol\fP\fB);\fP
 .br
-FIELD *link_field(FIELD *field, int toprow, int leftcol);
-.br
-int free_field(FIELD *field);
+\fBint free_field(FIELD *\fP\fIfield\fP\fB);\fP
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The function \fBnew_field\fR allocates a new field and initializes it from the
 parameters given: height, width, row of upper-left corner, column of upper-left
 corner, number off-screen rows, and number of additional working buffers.
 .PP
-The function \fBdup_field\fR duplicates a field at a new location.  Most
+The function \fBdup_field\fR duplicates a field at a new location.
+Most
 attributes (including current contents, size, validation type, buffer count,
 growth threshold, justification, foreground, background, pad character,
-options, and user pointer) are copied.  Field status and the field page bit are
+options, and user pointer) are copied.
+Field status and the field page bit are
 not copied.
 .PP
 The function \fBlink_field\fR acts like \fBdup_field\fR, but the new field
-shares buffers with its parent.  Attribute data is separate.
+shares buffers with its parent.
+Attribute data is separate.
 .PP
 The function \fBfree_field\fR de-allocates storage associated with a field.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-The function, \fBnew_field\fR, \fBdup_field\fR, \fBlink_field\fR return
+The functions \fBnew_field\fR, \fBdup_field\fR, \fBlink_field\fR return
 \fBNULL\fR on error.
-They set errno according to their success:
+They set \fBerrno\fP according to their success:
 .TP 5
 .B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
@@ -92,12 +96,13 @@ field is connected.
 The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
 \fB<curses.h>\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
 It may be unwise to count on the set of attributes copied by
 \fBdup_field\fR being portable; the System V forms library documents are
 not very explicit about what gets copied and what does not.
 .SH AUTHORS
-Juergen Pfeifer.  Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric
-S. Raymond.
+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.