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diff --git a/man/tic.1m b/man/tic.1m
index 5c3a63fa..53a96dd7 100644
--- a/man/tic.1m
+++ b/man/tic.1m
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2016 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 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.58 2013/07/20 19:31:25 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.62 2016/10/01 17:14:50 tom Exp $
 .TH @TIC@ 1M ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ N\
 T\
 U\
 V\
+W\
 a\
 c\
 f\
 g\
+q\
 r\
 s\
 t\
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ x\
 \fR]
 [\fB\-e\fR \fInames\fR]
 [\fB\-o\fR \fIdir\fR]
+[\fB\-Q\fR[\fIn\fR]]
 [\fB\-R\fR \fIsubset\fR]
 [\fB\-v\fR[\fIn\fR]]
 [\fB\-w\fR[\fIn\fR]]
@@ -152,6 +155,20 @@ but commented out with two preceding dots.
 The actual format used incorporates some improvements for escaped characters
 from terminfo format.
 For a stricter BSD-compatible translation, add the \fB\-K\fR option.
+.IP
+If this is combined with \fB\-c\fR, \fB@TIC@\fR makes additional checks
+to report cases where the terminfo values do not have an exact equivalent
+in termcap form.
+For example:
+.RS
+.bP
+\fBsgr\fP usually will not convert, because termcap lacks the ability to
+work with more than two parameters, and because termcap lacks many of
+the arithmetic/logical operators used in terminfo.
+.bP
+capabilities with more than one delay or with delays before the end of
+the string will not convert completely.
+.RE
 .TP
 \fB\-c\fR
 tells \fB@TIC@\fP to only check \fIfile\fR for errors, including syntax problems and
@@ -164,6 +181,11 @@ as well as buggy checking for the buffer length
 (and a documented limit in terminfo),
 these entries may cause core
 dumps with other implementations.
+.IP
+\fB@TIC@\fP checks string capabilities to ensure that those with parameters
+will be valid expressions.
+It does this check only for the predefined string capabilities;
+those which are defined with the \fB\-x\fP option are ignored.
 .TP
 \fB\-D\fR
 tells \fB@TIC@\fP to print the database locations that it knows about, and exit.
@@ -224,6 +246,25 @@ obsolete capabilities.
 Write compiled entries to given database location.
 Overrides the TERMINFO environment variable.
 .TP
+\fB\-Q\fR\fIn\fR
+Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format,
+print the compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form,
+depending on the option's value:
+.RS 8
+.TP 3
+1
+hexadecimal
+.TP 3
+2
+base64
+.TP 3
+3
+hexadecimal and base64
+.RE
+.TP
+\fB\-q\fR
+Suppress comments and blank lines when showing translated source.
+.TP
 \fB\-R\fR\fIsubset\fR
 Restrict output to a given subset.
 This option is for use with archaic
@@ -299,6 +340,10 @@ All values computed in construction of the hash table
 If the debug level \fIn\fR is not given, it is taken to be one.
 .RE
 .TP
+\fB\-W\fR
+By itself, the \fB\-w\fP option will not force long strings to be wrapped.
+Use the \fB\-W\fP option to do this.
+.TP
 \fB\-w\fR\fIn\fR
 specifies the width of the output.
 The parameter is optional.