On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 02:38:37PM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> 
> hmm. i have to admit, i agree with stuart. i overlooked the ugliness
> because it seemed neat to have a handy link, but i do think it reads
> worse.
> 

...but we could do this:

Index: vi.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/vi/docs/USD.doc/vi.man/vi.1,v
retrieving revision 1.76
diff -u -r1.76 vi.1
--- vi.1        21 May 2019 09:24:58 -0000      1.76
+++ vi.1        4 Oct 2019 13:39:55 -0000
@@ -2089,7 +2089,8 @@
 .Op option? ...
 .Op Ar all
 .Xc
-Display or set editor options.
+Display or set the editor options described in
+.Sx SET OPTIONS .
 .Pp
 .It Cm sh Ns Op Cm ell
 Run a shell program.
@@ -2273,9 +2274,11 @@
 not in
 .Nm ex .
 .Sh SET OPTIONS
-There are a large number of options that may be set
-.Pq or unset
-to change the editor's behavior.
+There are a large number of options that can
+change the editor's behavior,
+using the
+.Cm set
+command.
 This section describes the options, their abbreviations and their
 default values.
 .Pp

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