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diff --git a/man/form_new.3x b/man/form_new.3x
index cac4f508..47398174 100644
--- a/man/form_new.3x
+++ b/man/form_new.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2006 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            *
@@ -27,16 +28,17 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: form_new.3x,v 1.7 2006/11/04 17:12:00 tom 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
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ 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.
-It sets errno according to the function's success:
+It sets \fBerrno\fP according to the function's success:
 .TP 5
 .B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
@@ -76,14 +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.