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diff --git a/man/terminfo.head b/man/terminfo.head
index 122812ac..f6a31c80 100644
--- a/man/terminfo.head
+++ b/man/terminfo.head
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2018,2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 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            *
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.36 2019/07/13 23:17:33 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.39 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
 .TH terminfo 5 "" "" "File Formats"
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
@@ -58,16 +59,23 @@ terminfo \- terminal capability data base
 \*d/*/*
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I Terminfo
-is a data base describing terminals, used by screen-oriented programs such as
+is a data base describing terminals,
+used by screen-oriented programs such as
 \fBnvi\fR(1),
-\fBrogue\fR(1)
-and libraries such as
-\fBcurses\fR(3X).
+\fBlynx\fR(1),
+\fBmutt\fR(1),
+and other curses applications,
+using high-level calls to libraries such as \fBcurses\fR(3X).
+It is also used via low-level calls by non-curses applications
+which may be screen-oriented (such as \fB@CLEAR@\fP(1))
+or non-screen (such as \fB@TABS@\fP(1)).
+.PP
 .I Terminfo
 describes terminals by giving a set of capabilities which they
 have, by specifying how to perform screen operations, and by
 specifying padding requirements and initialization sequences.
-This describes \fBncurses\fR
+.PP
+This manual describes \fBncurses\fR
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
 .SS Terminfo Entry Syntax
 .PP