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diff --git a/man/mh-format.man b/man/mh-format.man
index 6356d68e..85604d75 100644
--- a/man/mh-format.man
+++ b/man/mh-format.man
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.TH MH-FORMAT %manext5% "December 18, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
-.\"
+.TH MH-FORMAT %manext5% 2015-01-10 "%nmhversion%"
+.
 .\" %nmhwarning%
-.\"
+.
 .SH NAME
-mh-format \- format file for nmh message system
+mh-format \- formatting language for nmh message system
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Several
 .B nmh
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ These are combined into the conditional execution construct:
 .nf
 .RI "%< " condition " " "format-text"
 .RI "%? " condition " " "format-text"
-    \&...
+    ...
 .RI "%| " "format-text"
 %>
 .fi
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ These are combined into the conditional execution construct:
 .PP
 (Extra white space is shown here only for clarity.)
 These constructs, which may be nested without ambiguity, form a general
-.B if\-elseif\-else\-endif
+.B if-elseif-else-endif
 block where only one of the format-texts is interpreted.  In other
 words, `%<' is like the "if", `%?' is like the "elseif", `%|' is like
 "else", and `%>' is like "endif".
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ The function escapes may be roughly grouped into a few categories.
 .RS 5
 .nf
 .ta \w'Fformataddr 'u +\w'Aboolean 'u +\w'Rboolean 'u
-.I "Function	Argument   Result	Description"
+.I "Function	Argument	Return	Description"
 msg		integer	message number
 cur		integer	message is current (0 or 1)
 unseen		integer	message is unseen (0 or 1)
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ size		integer	size of message
 strlen		integer	length of \fIstr\fR
 width		integer	column width of terminal
 charleft		integer	bytes left in output buffer
-timenow		integer	seconds since the UNIX epoch
+timenow		integer	seconds since the Unix epoch
 me		string	the user's mailbox (username)
 myhost		string	the user's local hostname
 myname		string	the user's name
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ szone	date	integer	timezone explicit?
 date2local	date		coerce date to local timezone
 date2gmt	date		coerce date to GMT
 dst	date	integer	daylight savings in effect? (0 or 1)
-clock	date	integer	seconds since the UNIX epoch
+clock	date	integer	seconds since the Unix epoch
 rclock	date	integer	seconds prior to current time
 tws	date	string	official RFC 822 rendering
 pretty	date	string	user-friendly rendering
@@ -474,7 +474,9 @@ an internal cache and will use this cache to suppress duplicate addresses.
 If you need to create an address list that includes previously-seen
 addresses you may use the (\fIconcataddr\fR\^) function, which is identical
 to (\fIformataddr\fR\^) in all other respects.  Note that (\fIconcataddr\fR\^)
-does NOT add addresses to the duplicate-suppression cache.
+does
+.I not
+add addresses to the duplicate-suppression cache.
 .SS Other Hints and Tips
 Sometimes, the writer of a format function is confused because output is
 duplicated.  The general rule to remember is simple: If a function or
@@ -490,7 +492,9 @@ the From: and Reply-To: headers:
 .fi
 .RE
 .PP
-Unfortunately, if the Reply-to: header is NOT present, the output line
+Unfortunately, if the Reply-to: header is
+.I not
+present, the output line
 will be something like:
 .PP
 .RS 5
@@ -507,7 +511,9 @@ argument to the
 statement (so the rule about not starting with % applies).  But the component
 escape in our
 .B else
-statement (everything after the `%|') is NOT an argument to anything;
+statement (everything after the `%|') is
+.I not
+an argument to anything;
 it begins with a %, and thus the value of that component is output.
 This also has the side effect of setting the
 .I str
@@ -532,7 +538,7 @@ register for the width) a better implementation would look like:
 .PP
 It should be noted here that the side effects of function and component
 escapes are still in force and, as a result, each component test in the
-.B if\-elseif\-else\-endif
+.B if-elseif-else-endif
 clause sets the
 .I str
 register.
@@ -769,6 +775,6 @@ at 4 digits.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .IR scan (1),
 .IR repl (1),
-.IR fmttest (1),
+.IR fmttest (1)
 .SH CONTEXT
 None