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+++ b/src/scripts/xzless.1
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
.\"
.\" (Note that this file is not based on gzip's zless.1.)
.\"
-.TH XZLESS 1 "2009-07-05" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils"
+.TH XZLESS 1 "2010-09-27" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils"
.SH NAME
xzless, lzless \- view xz or lzma compressed (text) files
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ xzless, lzless \- view xz or lzma compressed (text) files
.B lzless
.RI [ file ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B xzless
+.B xzless
is a filter that displays text from compressed files to a terminal.
It works on files compressed with
.BR xz (1)
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ reads from standard input.
.B xzless
uses
.BR less (1)
-to present its output. Unlike
+to present its output.
+Unlike
.BR xzmore ,
-its choice of pager cannot be altered by setting an environment variable.
+its choice of pager cannot be altered by
+setting an environment variable.
Commands are based on both
.BR more (1)
and
@@ -50,7 +52,8 @@ is provided for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.B LESSMETACHARS
-A list of characters special to the shell. Set by
+A list of characters special to the shell.
+Set by
.B xzless
unless it is already set in the environment.
.TP