-.TH ALI %manext1% "January 1, 2001" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH ALI %manext1% "December 4, 2013" "%nmhversion%"
.\"
.\" %nmhwarning%
.\"
.RB [ \-alias
.IR aliasfile ]
.RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ]
-.RB [ \-normalize " | " \-nonormalize ]
.RB [ \-user " | " \-nouser ]
.RB [ \-version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
alias expands to,
.B ali
will list the aliases that expand to each
-given address. If the
-.B \-normalize
-switch is given,
-.B ali
-will
-try to track down the official hostname of the address.
+given address.
.PP
The files specified by the profile entry
.RI \*(lq Aliasfile \*(rq
is processed as described in
.IR mh\-alias (5).
.SH FILES
+Alias files are looked up in multiple locations: if the pathname is
+absolute or starts with
+.RI \*(lq . \*(rq
+or
+.RI \*(lq .. \*(rq
+then it's accessed directly; otherwise tilde expansion is done on
+usernames, then files are searched for in the user's
+.I Mail
+directory as specified in their profile. If not found there, the directory
+.RI \*(lq %nmhetcdir% \*(rq
+is checked.
+.PP
.TP 20
-$HOME/.mh\-profile
+$HOME/.mh_profile
The user's profile.
.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
.PP
.PD 0
.TP 20
aliasfile
-%etcdir%/MailAliases
+%nmhetcdir%/MailAliases
.TP
\-nolist
.TP
-\-nonormalize
-.TP
\-nouser
.PD
.SH CONTEXT
None
-.SH BUGS
-The
-.B \-user
-option with
-.B \-nonormalize
-is not entirely accurate, as it
-does not replace local nicknames for hosts with their official site names.