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diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_inchstr.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_inchstr.3x
index 18c21dc3190d..2dc7673c3768 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_inchstr.3x
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_inchstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 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: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.12 2006/12/02 17:00:58 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.15 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $
.TH curs_inchstr 3X ""
.na
.hy 0
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
\fBmvinchstr\fR,
\fBmvinchnstr\fR,
\fBmvwinchstr\fR,
-\fBmvwinchnstr\fR - get a string of characters (and attributes) from a \fBcurses\fR window
+\fBmvwinchnstr\fR \- get a string of characters (and attributes) from a \fBcurses\fR window
.ad
.hy
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -78,9 +78,13 @@ No error conditions are defined.
If the \fIchstr\fP parameter is null,
no data is returned,
and the return value is zero.
+.PP
+Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
+\fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window,
+or if the window pointer is null.
.SH NOTES
Note that all routines except \fBwinchnstr\fR may be macros. SVr4 does not
-document whether the result string is 0-terminated; it does not document
+document whether the result string is zero-terminated; it does not document
whether a length limit argument includes any trailing 0; and it does not
document the meaning of the return value.
.SH PORTABILITY
@@ -93,9 +97,3 @@ that the successful return of the functions is \fBOK\fR.
Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
described in
\fBcurs_in_wchstr\fR(3X).
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End: