tbl(1): Clarify 'w' and 'z' modifier behavior.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
index 15a3c7638..c0d7f5220 100644
--- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
@@ -1041,14 +1041,14 @@ or populated with additional inter-sentence space.
 measures each table entry as it occurs in the input,
 updating the width required by its corresponding column.
 .
-The
-.B x
-modifier makes this width a minimum,
-and the modifiers
-.B w
-or
+If the
 .B z
-override it entirely.
+modifier applies to the column,
+this measurement is ignored;
+if
+.B w
+applies and its argument is larger than this width,
+that argument is used instead.
 .
 In contrast to conventional
 .I roff