-The filename `\-' means the standard input.
-.PP
-Flags 1, 2, or 3 suppress printing of the corresponding
-column.
-Thus
-.B comm
-.B \-12
-prints only the lines common to the two files;
-.B comm
-.B \-23
-prints only lines in the first file but not in the second;
-.B comm
-.B \-123
-is a no-op.
-.PP
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-cmp(1), diff(1), uniq(1)
+.Pp
+The filename
+.Ql Fl
+means the standard input.
+.Pp
+The following options are available:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl 1
+Suppress printing of column 1.
+.It Fl 2
+Suppress printing of column 2.
+.It Fl 3
+Suppress printing of column 3.
+.El
+.Pp
+Each column will have a number of tab characters prepended to it
+equal to the number of lower numbered columns that are being printed.
+For example, if column number two is being suppressed, lines printed
+in column number one will not have any tabs preceding them, and lines
+printed in column number three will have one.
+.Pp
+.Nm Comm
+assumes that the files are lexically sorted; all characters
+participate in line comparisons.
+.Pp
+.Nm Comm
+exits 0 on success, >0 if an error occurred.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr cmp 1 ,
+.Xr diff 1 ,
+.Xr sort 1 ,
+.Xr uniq 1
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm comm
+command is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.