add documentation on friendly function

[nmh] / man / sortm.man

diff --git a/man/sortm.man b/man/sortm.man
index c564e3292fcf8bbf7cd863b553e5edad04a2bf0f..9c556417bcc13388a3534876a60e94549fcee93b 100644 (file)
--- a/man/sortm.man
+++ b/man/sortm.man
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ switch causes
 .B sortm
 to sort messages by the specified text field.  All characters except
 letters and numbers are stripped and the resulting strings are sorted
-datefield\-major, textfield\-minor, using a case insensitive
+datefield-major, textfield-minor, using a case insensitive
 comparison.  If this field is \*(lqsubject\*(rq, any leading "re:" is
 stripped off.
 .PP
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ makes the limit infinity.
 With
 .B \-limit
 .IR 0 ,
-the sort is instead simply textfield\-major.
+the sort is instead simply textfield-major.
 .PP
 For example, to order a folder by date-major, grouping messages with
 the same subject on the same date together, use:
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ When
 .B sortm
 complains about a message which it can't temporally
 order, it complains about the message number
-.B prior
+.I prior
 to sorting.
 It should indicate what the message number will be
 .B after