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index 82b343ce..3df2a9ed 100644
--- a/man/mhparam.man
+++ b/man/mhparam.man
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+.TH MHPARAM %manext1% "March 16, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
-.TH MHPARAM %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
 .SH NAME
 mhparam \- print nmh profile and context components
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ mhparam \- print nmh profile and context components
 .RB [ \-component " | " \-nocomponent ]
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
+.RB [ \-debug ]
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B mhparam
@@ -43,12 +44,48 @@ If
 is specified, then all components in the nmh profile are
 displayed and other arguments are ignored.
 .PP
-The locations of two nmh install directories are also available
-through
-.BR mhparam :
+.B mhparam
+can provide other information, such as the
+.B nmh
+version identifier, the locations of the nmh
+.IR bindir ,
 .I etcdir
 and
-.IR libdir .
+.I libexecdir
+install directories, all
+.I proc
+settings, and the
+.I datalocking
+method described in the
+.IR mh\-profile (5)
+man page.  Information about the configuration of the
+.B nmh
+installation is also available, including the default mail spool
+locking method.  To test whether the configuration includes
+support for SASL, TLS, and
+.IR iconv (3),
+the following commands, respectively, will output a non-null string to
+indicate support:
+.PP
+.RS 5
+.nf
+mhparam\0sasl
+mhparam\0tls
+mhparam\0iconv
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Conversely, no output means that the specified support is not included.
+The
+.B \-debug
+switch displays all such other information available from
+.BR mhparam .
+.PP
+Note that the internal
+.B libdir
+component has been replaced by
+.BR libexecdir .
+The old form is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
 .PP
 Examples:
 .PP
@@ -59,7 +96,7 @@ Examples:
 Mail
 
 % mhparam mhlproc
-%libdir%/mhl
+%nmhlibexecdir%/mhl
 
 % mhparam \-component Path
 Path: Mail
@@ -76,36 +113,51 @@ rmmproc
 Path: Mail
 context: context
 
+% mhparam version
+%nmhversion%
+
 % mhparam etcdir
-%etcdir%
+%nmhetcdir%
+
+% mhparam libexecdir
+%nmhlibexecdir%
+
+% mhparam spoollocking
+%default_locking%
 
-% mhparam libdir
-%libdir%
+% mhparam datalocking
+fcntl
+
+% mhparam sasl
+cyrus_sasl
+
+% mhparam tls
+tls
+
+% mhparam iconv
+iconv
 .fi
 .RE
 .PP
 .B mhparam
-is also useful in back\-quoted operations:
+is also useful in backquoted operations:
 .PP
 .RS 5
 .nf
 % fgrep cornell.edu `mhpath +`/`mhparam aliasfile`
 .fi
-
 .SH "EXIT STATUS"
 .B mhparam
 returns the number of components that were not found.
-
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
+.ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName  'u
 ^$HOME/.mh_profile~^The user profile
 ^or $MH~^Rather than the standard profile
 ^<mh-dir>/context~^The user context
 ^or $MHCONTEXT~^Rather than the standard context
 .fi
-
 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
@@ -113,16 +165,13 @@ returns the number of components that were not found.
 .ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName  'u
 ^context:~^To determine the context file
 .fi
-
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-mh-profile(5)
-
+.IR mh-profile (5)
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
 .RB ` \-nocomponent "' if only one component is specified"
 .RB ` \-component "' if more than one component is specified"
 .RB ` components "' defaults to none"
 .fi
-
 .SH CONTEXT
 None