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diff --git a/man/form_new.3x b/man/form_new.3x
index 0f4c5015..47398174 100644
--- a/man/form_new.3x
+++ b/man/form_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 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            *
@@ -27,38 +28,49 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_new.3x,v 1.5 1998/11/29 01:07:37 Rick.Ohnemus Exp $
+.\" $Id: form_new.3x,v 1.15 2020/10/24 09:02:26 tom Exp $
 .TH form_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBform_new\fR - create and destroy forms
+\fBnew_form\fR,
+\fBfree_form\fP \- create and destroy forms
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <form.h>\fR
+.sp
+\fBFORM *new_form(FIELD **\fP\fIfields\fP\fB);\fP
 .br
-FORM *new_form(FIELD **fields);
-.br
-int free_form(FORM *form);
+\fBint free_form(FORM *\fP\fIform\fP\fB);\fP
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The function \fBnew_form\fR creates a new form connected to a specified field
 pointer array (which must be \fBNULL\fR-terminated).
-
+.PP
 The function \fBfree_form\fR disconnects \fIform\fR from its field array
 and frees the storage allocated for the form.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The function \fBnew_form\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.
-
-The function \fBfree_form\fR returns one of the following:
+It sets \fBerrno\fP according to the function's success:
 .TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
+Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
+.TP 5
+.B E_CONNECTED
+The field is already connected to a form.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
+.PP
+The function \fBfree_form\fR returns one of the following:
+.TP 5
+.B E_OK
+The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_POSTED\fR
+.B E_POSTED
 The form has already been posted.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
@@ -66,14 +78,9 @@ The form has already been posted.
 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.
 .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.