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--- a/man/burst.man
+++ b/man/burst.man
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.TH BURST %manext1% "April 18, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
-.\"
+.TH BURST %manext1% 2013-02-08 "%nmhversion%"
+.
 .\" %nmhwarning%
-.\"
+.
 .SH NAME
-burst \- explode digests into messages
+burst \- explode digests into nmh messages
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .HP 5
 .na
@@ -25,18 +25,18 @@ Internet digests, and explodes them in that folder.
 .PP
 If
 .B \-inplace
-is given, each digest is replaced by the \*(lqtable
-of contents\*(rq for the digest (the original digest is removed).
+is given, each digest is replaced by its \*(lqtable
+of contents\*(rq and the digest is removed.
 .B burst
-then renumbers all of the messages following the digest in the
-folder to make room for each of the messages contained within the digest.
-These messages are placed immediately after the digest.
+then renumbers the messages which follow the digest, in the folder,
+making room for each of the exploded messages, which are placed
+immediately after the \*(lqtable of contents\*(rq.
 .PP
 If
 .B \-noinplace
 is given, each digest is preserved, no table of contents
-is produced, and the messages contained within the digest are placed at
-the end of the folder.  Other messages are not tampered with in any way.
+is produced, and the exploded messages are placed at the end of the
+folder.  Other messages in the folder are not affected.
 .PP
 If
 .B \-automime
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ actions that it is taking to explode the digest.
 It turns out that
 .B burst
 works equally well on forwarded messages
-and blind\-carbon\-copies as on Internet digests, provided that the
-former two were generated by
+and blind-carbon-copies as on Internet digests, provided
+that the former were generated by
 .B forw
 or
 .BR send .
@@ -132,12 +132,11 @@ in a similar, but not identical, state to the context achieved when using
 .SH BUGS
 The
 .B burst
-program enforces a limit on the number of messages which
-may be
+program enforces a limit of approximately 1,000 on the number of
+messages which may be
 .B burst
-from a single message.  This number is on the order
-of 1000 messages.  There is usually no limit on the number of messages
-which may reside in the folder after the
+from a single message. There is usually no limit on the number of
+messages which may reside in the folder after the
 .BR burst ing.
 .PP
 Although
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ is not placed in a separate message by
 .BR burst .
 In the case of
 digestified messages, this text is usually an \*(lqEnd of digest\*(rq
-string.  As a result of this possibly un\-friendly behavior on the
+string.  As a result of this possibly unfriendly behavior on the
 part of
 .BR burst ,
 note that when the