X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/5dd6771b28c257af405d7248639ed0e3bcdce38b..a6f717992d5588898c37711aa1895dbb11016e1c:/man/mh-alias.man

diff --git a/man/mh-alias.man b/man/mh-alias.man
index ad47699a..e29db4a9 100644
--- a/man/mh-alias.man
+++ b/man/mh-alias.man
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ or
 or
 .RS 5
 .B ;
+|
+.B :
+|
+.B #
 .I comment
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -63,7 +67,9 @@ where:
 .RE
 .PP
 Continuation lines in alias files end with `\\' followed by the newline
-character.
+character.  This applies to comment lines.  Thus, a line following a
+comment line that ends with a `\\' will be treated as a continuation of
+the comment.
 .PP
 .RI \*(lq  Alias\-file \*(rq
 and
@@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ is defined as an alias for the three names \*(lqfrated@UCI\*(rq,
 \*(rqfear\*(rq, and \*(rqfreida\*(rq.
 .PP
 The alias \*(lqb-people\*(rq is a blind list which includes the addresses
-\*(lqbill\*(rq and \*(lqbetty\*(rq; the message will be delieved to those
+\*(lqbill\*(rq and \*(lqbetty\*(rq; the message will be delivered to those
 addresses, but the message header will  show only \*(lqBlind List: ;\*(rq
 (not the addresses).
 .PP