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commit 3e52488f596c8c7ca2702ccdee0ed4cf7c804339
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Nov 9 22:33:05 2020 +1100

    nroff(1): Lightly recast.
    
    * Use language that better parallels recent usage in our man pages.
    * Coalesce a one-sentence paragraph with its successor.
---
 src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man b/src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man
index 68b0396..49e69e9 100644
--- a/src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ formats documents written in the
 .IR roff (@MAN7EXT@)
 language for typewriter-like devices such as terminal emulators.
 .
-.
-.P
 GNU
 .I nroff \" GNU
 emulates the AT&T
@@ -106,8 +104,8 @@ command using
 generates output via
 .IR grotty (@MAN1EXT@),
 .IR groff 's
-TTY output device,
-which needs to know the character encoding scheme used by the terminal.
+terminal output driver,
+which needs to know the character encoding scheme used by the device.
 .
 Consequently,
 acceptable arguments to the

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