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-.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1987 Regents of the University of California.

 .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
 .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
 .\"
 .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
 .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
 .\"

-.\"    @(#)whatis.1    5.1 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"    @(#)whatis.1    6.4 (Berkeley) %G%

 .\"
 .\"

-.TH WHATIS 1 "18 January 1983"
+.TH WHATIS 1 ""

 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
 whatis \- describe what a command is
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B whatis
 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
 whatis \- describe what a command is
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B whatis

+[
+.B -M
+.I path
+]

 command ...
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 command ...
 .SH DESCRIPTION

-.I Whatis
-looks up a given command and gives the header line from the manual section.
-You can then run the 
-.IR man (1)
-command to get more information.
-If the line starts `name(section) ...' you can do
-`man section name' to get the documentation for it.
-Try `whatis ed' and then you should do `man 1 ed' to get the manual.
+\fIWhatis\fP looks up a given command and gives the header line from the
+manual page.  You can then use the \fIman\fP(1) command to get more
+information.

 .PP
 .PP

-.I Whatis
-is actually just the
-.B \-f
-option to the
-.IR man (1)
-command.
+Normally \fIwhatis\fP checks in a standard location (/usr/man) for its
+database ``whatis''.  This can be changed by supplying a \fIpath\fP (a
+la the Bourne shell) with the \fB-M\fP flag.  This search path must be
+a colon (``:'') separated list of directories which \fIwhatis\fP will
+search for files named ``whatis''.  The path can also be set with the
+environmental variable \fIMANPATH\fP.

 .SH FILES
 .DT
 .SH FILES
 .DT

-/usr/lib/whatis        Data base
+/usr/man/whatis                data base

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-man(1), catman(8)
-.SH AUTHOR
-William Joy
+apropos(1), man(1)