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diff --git a/man/curs_attr.3x b/man/curs_attr.3x
index cf58affee13d..67740f9e2a72 100644
--- a/man/curs_attr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_attr.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2009,2010 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.31 2007/03/17 20:30:33 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.36 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $
.TH curs_attr 3X ""
.na
.hy 0
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
\fBwchgat\fR,
\fBmvchgat\fR,
\fBmvwchgat\fR,
-\fBPAIR_NUMBER\fR - \fBcurses\fR character and window attribute control routines
+\fBPAIR_NUMBER\fR \- \fBcurses\fR character and window attribute control routines
.ad
.hy
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ rather than \fBint\fR.
.PP
The routine \fBchgat\fR changes the attributes of a given number of characters
starting at the current cursor location of \fBstdscr\fR. It does not update
-the cursor and does not perform wrapping. A character count of -1 or greater
+the cursor and does not perform wrapping. A character count of \-1 or greater
than the remaining window width means to change attributes all the way to the
end of the current line. The \fBwchgat\fR function generalizes this to any
window; the \fBmvwchgat\fR function does a cursor move before acting. In these
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ Older versions of this library did not force an update of the screen
when changing the attributes.
Use \fBtouchwin\fR to force the screen to match the updated attributes.
.PP
+.ne 9
.TS
center ;
l l .
@@ -252,19 +253,18 @@ X/Open does not define any error conditions.
This implementation returns an error
if the window pointer is null.
The \fBwcolor_set\fP function returns an error if the color pair parameter
-is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS-1.
+is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS\-1.
This implementation also provides
\fBgetattrs\fR
for compatibility with older versions of curses.
+.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 SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_addch\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_addstr\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_bkgd\fR(3X),
-\fBcurs_printw\fR(3X)
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+\fBcurs_printw\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X)