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diff --git a/man/form_field_new.3x b/man/form_field_new.3x
index 6095de1c..38f34bbe 100644
--- a/man/form_field_new.3x
+++ b/man/form_field_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2018 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 +27,13 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_field_new.3x,v 1.16 2007/06/02 20:40:07 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_field_new.3x,v 1.20 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
 .TH form_field_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBform_field_new\fR - create and destroy form fields
+\fBnew_field\fR,
+\fBdup_field\fR,
+\fBlink_field\fR,
+\fBfree_field\fR \- create and destroy form fields
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
 .br
@@ -49,14 +52,17 @@ 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
@@ -89,18 +95,13 @@ 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.
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
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-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+Juergen Pfeifer.
+Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.