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diff --git a/man/mh-alias.man b/man/mh-alias.man
index f3c63c7c..facea29a 100644
--- a/man/mh-alias.man
+++ b/man/mh-alias.man
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .
 .SH NAME
-mh-alias \- format of nmh alias files
+mh-alias \- format of nmh email-address alias files
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 Each line of an
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ where:
 .nf
 .IR address-group "	:= " address-list
 .RI "			|  < " file
-.RI "			|  = " Unix-group
-.RI "			|  + " Unix-group
 
 .IR address-list "	:= " address
 .RI "			|  " address-list ", " address
@@ -60,9 +58,6 @@ that comment line.
 and
 .I file
 are Unix file names.
-.I Unix-group
-is a group name or number from
-the system's group database.
 Alias file contents are case-insensitive, with the exception
 of filesystem path names.
 .PP
@@ -77,26 +72,6 @@ starts with a \*(lq<\*(rq, the file named after the
 .I address-list
 for the alias.
 .PP
-If the
-.I address-group
-starts with an \*(lq=\*(rq, the
-system's group database
-is consulted for the Unix-group named after the \*(lq=\*(rq.  Each login name
-occurring as a member of the group is added to the
-.I address-list
-for the alias.
-.PP
-In contrast, if the
-.I address-group
-starts with a \*(lq+\*(rq, the system's group database
-is consulted to determine the group-id of the
-Unix-group named after the \*(lq+\*(rq.  Each login name occurring in the
-system's password database
-whose group-id is indicated by this group is
-added to the
-.I address-list
-for the alias.
-.PP
 In match, a trailing \*(lq*\*(rq on an alias will match just about anything
 appropriate.
 .PP
@@ -132,8 +107,6 @@ sgroup: fred, fear, freida
 fred: frated@UCI.example
 b-people: Blind List: bill, betty
 Unix\-committee: <unix.aliases
-staff: =staff
-wheels: +wheel
 news.*: news
 .fi
 .RE
@@ -161,13 +134,6 @@ in the user's
 .B nmh
 directory.
 .PP
-\*(lqstaff\*(rq is defined as all users who are listed as members of the
-group \*(lqstaff\*(rq in the
-system's group database, and \*(lqwheels\*(rq
-is defined as all users whose group-id in
-the system's password database
-is equivalent to the \*(lqwheel\*(rq group.
-.PP
 Lastly,
 .RI \*(lqnews. anything \*(rq
 is aliased to \*(lqnews\*(rq;