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diff --git a/man/mhfixmsg.man b/man/mhfixmsg.man
index 88c08a79..af288000 100644
--- a/man/mhfixmsg.man
+++ b/man/mhfixmsg.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MHFIXMSG %manext1% "October 1, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH MHFIXMSG %manext1% "November 7, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ mhfixmsg \- rewrite MIME messages with various transformations
 .HP 5
 .na
 .B mhfixmsg
+.RB [ \-help ]
+.RB [ \-version ]
 .RI [ +folder ]
 .RI [ msgs " | "
 .IR "absolute pathname" " | "
@@ -35,8 +37,6 @@ mhfixmsg \- rewrite MIME messages with various transformations
 .RB [ \-normmproc ]
 .RB [ \-changecur " | " \-nochangecur ]
 .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
-.RB [ \-version ]
-.RB [ \-help ]
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B mhfixmsg
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ The
 .B \-fixcte
 switch enables a transformation to change the
 Content-Transfer-Encoding from an invalid value to 8bit in message
-parts with a Content-Type of multipart, as required by RFC 2045,
-§6.4.  That condition is indicated by a \*(lqmust be encoded in
-7bit, 8bit, or binary\*(rq error message from
+parts with a Content-Type of multipart and message, as required by
+RFC 2045, §6.4.  That condition is indicated by a \*(lqmust be
+encoded in 7bit, 8bit, or binary\*(rq error message from
 .B mhlist
 and other
 .B nmh
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ content type and/or encoding as follows:
 \-textcharset        text/plain parts
 \-reformat           text parts that are not text/plain
 \-fixboundary        outermost multipart part
-\-fixcte             multipart part
+\-fixcte             multipart or message part
 \-fixtype            all except multipart and message parts
 .fi
 .RE
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ could be called on the message after it is stored.
 .nf
 .ta \w'\-fixboundary 'u
 PATH = %bindir%:$PATH
+LANG = en_US.utf8
 MAILDIR = `mhparam path`
 #### The Backups directory is relative to MAILDIR.
 MKSTEMP = 'mkstemp -directory Backups -prefix mhfixmsg'
@@ -426,7 +427,7 @@ mhfixmsg -outfile - | mhlist -file -
 .RE
 .SS Search message without modification
 To search the current message, which possibly contains base64 or quoted printable encoded text parts,
-without modifiying it, use the -outfile switch:
+without modifying it, use the -outfile switch:
 .PP
 .RS
 .nf
@@ -448,17 +449,29 @@ mhfixmsg -textcharset utf-8
 .SS Fix all messages in a folder
 To run
 .B mhfixmsg
-on all of the messages in a folder, using a Bourne shell loop:
+on all of the messages in a folder:
 .PP
 .RS
 .nf
-for msg in `pick +folder`; do mhfixmsg $msg; done
+mhfixmsg +folder all
 .fi
 .RE
 .PP
+Alternatively,
 .B mhfixmsg
-can be run on more than one message, but on a large number of messages
-may attempt to open too many files.
+can be run on each message separately, e.g., using a Bourne shell loop:
+.PP
+.RS
+.nf
+for msg in `pick +folder`; do mhfixmsg +folder $msg; done
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+The two appearances of the
+.B +folder
+switch in that command protect against concurrent context changes by other
+.B nmh
+command invocations.
 .SS Run on newly incorporated messages
 To run
 .B mhfixmsg
@@ -535,9 +548,3 @@ switch is enabled.  If the
 .B \-file
 switch or an absolute pathname is used, the context will not be
 modified.
-.SH BUGS
-.B mhfixmsg
-opens files internally for decoding and character set conversion, and apparently does not
-close them expeditiously.  Until that is resolved, it is recommended that
-.B mhfixmsg
-not be run on a large number of messages at once, as noted in the EXAMPLES above.