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+++ b/man/mitem_new.3x
@@ -1,4 +1,33 @@
 '\" t
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+.\" $Id: mitem_new.3x,v 1.10 2006/11/04 18:16:36 tom Exp $
 .TH mitem_new 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBmitem_new\fR - create and destroy menu items
@@ -13,7 +42,7 @@ int free_item(ITEM *item);
 The function \fBnew_item\fR allocates a new item and initializes it from the
 \fBname\fR and \fBdescription\fR pointers. Please notice that the item stores
 only the pointers to the name and description. Those pointers must be valid
-during the lifetime of the item. So you should be very carefull with names
+during the lifetime of the item. So you should be very careful with names
 or descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines.
 .br
 The function \fBfree_item\fR de-allocates an item. Please notice that it
@@ -21,20 +50,27 @@ is the responsibility of the application to release the memory for the
 name or the description of the item.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The function \fBnew_item\fR returns \fBNULL\fR on error.
-
+It sets errno according to the function's failure:
+.TP 5
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
+Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred, e.g., malloc failure.
+.PP
 The function \fBfree_item\fR returns one of the following:
 .TP 5
-\fBE_OK\fR
+.B E_OK
 The routine succeeded.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_SYSTEM_ERROR\fR
-System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
-.TP 5
-\fBE_BAD_ARGUMENT\fR
+.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
 Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 .TP 5
-\fBE_CONNECTED\fR
+.B E_CONNECTED
 Item is connected to a menu.
+.TP 5
+.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
+System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBmenu\fR(3X).
 .SH NOTES