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diff --git a/man/curs_getstr.3x b/man/curs_getstr.3x
index f131765043a1..e548cf145c25 100644
--- a/man/curs_getstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_getstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2010 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_getstr.3x,v 1.15 2006/01/12 00:30:58 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.19 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $
.TH curs_getstr 3X ""
.na
.hy 0
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
\fBmvgetstr\fR,
\fBmvgetnstr\fR,
\fBmvwgetstr\fR,
-\fBmvwgetnstr\fR - accept character strings from \fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard
+\fBmvwgetnstr\fR \- accept character strings from \fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard
.ad
.hy
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ if its timeout expires without having any data.
This implementation provides an extension as well.
If a SIGWINCH interrupts the function, it will return \fBKEY_RESIZE\fP
rather than \fBOK\fP or \fBERR\fP.
+.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 \fBgetstr\fR, \fBmvgetstr\fR, and \fBmvwgetstr\fR may be macros.
.SH PORTABILITY
@@ -113,10 +117,6 @@ string by those implementations was predictable but not useful
The functions \fBgetnstr\fR, \fBmvgetnstr\fR, and \fBmvwgetnstr\fR were
present but not documented in SVr4.
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_getch\fR(3X).
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_getch\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X).