- Add missing 'command'
- Some formatting
- Remove a \-, the mark that dare not speak its name
- Use 'switches' instead of 'options'
- Sort SEE ALSO programs
diff --git a/man/rcvtty.man b/man/rcvtty.man
index fe673a8f..ce37c2a0 100644
--- a/man/rcvtty.man
+++ b/man/rcvtty.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH RCVTTY %manext1% "January 18, 2001" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH RCVTTY %manext1% "March 23, 2017" "%nmhversion%"
.\"
.\" %nmhwarning%
.\"
@@ -24,28 +24,26 @@ rcvtty \- report new mail
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B rcvtty
-can be used to report new mail. It is used primarily
+command can be used to report new mail. It is used primarily
in conjunction with mail filtering agents such as
.B slocal
or
.BR procmail .
.PP
-The
.B rcvtty
-program executes the named command with the message as
-its standard input, and writes the resulting output on your terminal.
+executes the named command with the message as its standard input,
+and writes the resulting output on your terminal.
.PP
-Alternately, if no command is specified (or is bogus), then
+Alternatively, if no command is specified (or the command is bogus), then
.B rcvtty
-will instead write a one\-line scan listing. The default output format
+will instead write a one-line scan listing. The default output format
of this scan listing may be overridden by using either the
.B \-form
.I formatfile
or
.B \-format
.I string
-option, similar to the
-equivalent options for
+option, similar to the equivalent options for
.B scan
and
.BR inc .
@@ -58,14 +56,13 @@ rung after the output. The
.B \-nonewline
and
.B \-nobell
-options will
-inhibit these functions.
+switches will inhibit these functions.
.PP
The switch
.B \-width
.I columns
-may be given to specify the width of
-the scan line. The default is to use the width of the terminal.
+may be given to specify the width of the scan line.
+The default is to use the width of the terminal.
.PP
In addition to the standard format escapes described in
.IR mh\-format (5),
@@ -86,16 +83,15 @@ folder string the name of the current folder
.PP
By default,
.B rcvtty
-will send its output to every terminal on the
-local machine that is owned by current user, and that has given write
-permission as granted by the command
+will send its output to every terminal on the local machine that
+is owned by current user, and that has given write permission
+as granted by the command
.IR mesg (1).
If the option
.B \-biff
is given, then
.B rcvtty
-will obey the notification status
-set by the command
+will obey the notification status set by the command
.IR biff (1)
instead.
.SH FILES
@@ -115,10 +111,10 @@ None
.RB ` \-bell '
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.IR mh-format (5),
.IR rcvdist (1),
.IR rcvpack (1),
.IR rcvstore (1),
-.IR mh\-format (5),
-.IR slocal (1)
+.IR slocal (1)
.SH BUGS
Only two return codes are meaningful, others should be.
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