X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/868dc49a0b71d5ae083edc2530aa2758020ecc82..7bf56ac7340344f3c5ed9d498509aaf46977478a:/docs/README.manpages

diff --git a/docs/README.manpages b/docs/README.manpages
index 0976d6c4..412ba9c4 100644
--- a/docs/README.manpages
+++ b/docs/README.manpages
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ Troff Considerations
 	When quoting, use \*(lq and \*(rq. This ensures correct
 	formatting on typesetter-like devices.
 
-	Don't use UTF-8 characters in the manpage source.  We still
-	build and run on systems that can't handle this.  And most
-	anything you would want to use has an internal troff character
-	escape sequence, anyway.
+        A man page's source is ASCII, not UTF-8.  troff has escapes for
+        non-ASCII characters, e.g. \(em for an em-dash, U+2014, that are
+        mapped onto whatever the output device supports, e.g. UTF-8 or
+        PDF.
 
 
 Section Ordering
@@ -63,16 +63,8 @@ Dates
 
 	The DATE in the .TH macro should reflect the most recent
 	*non-trivial* update to the *content* of the manpage;
-	formatting changes don't count.  Spell out the date (no
-	abbreviations or shortcuts):
-
-	  January 2, 1904
-
-	not the unparseable
-
-	  01/02/04
-
-	Don't abbreviate the month.
+	formatting changes don't count, nor does expanding the `SEE
+	ALSO' list.  The date is in `yyyy-mm-dd' format.
 
 
 Program Names