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diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index 785ebb92c..d6082663b 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ a section called \(lqName\(rq or \(lqNAME\(rq must exist,
must be the first section after the
.B .TH
call,
-and must contain only a line of the form
+and must contain only text of the form
.RS \" Invisibly move left margin to current .IP indentation.
.RS \" Now indent further, visibly.
.IR topic [\c
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ These macros are extensions introduced in Ninth Edition Research Unix.
Systems running that
.IR troff , \" AT&T Research Unix
or those from
-DWB,
+Documenter's Workbench,
Heirloom Doctools,
or Plan\~9
.I troff
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ was used to write the first paragraph of this description of
.BR .TP ,
and
.B .IP
-the subsequent ones.
+the subsequent one.
_endif()dnl
.
.
@@ -1588,25 +1588,25 @@ for file and path names,
for environment variables,
for C data types,
for enumeration or preprocessor constants in C,
-for variable (user-determined) portions of syntax synopses,
+for variant (user-replaceable) portions of syntax synopses,
for the first occurrence (only) of a technical concept being introduced,
for names of journals and of literary works longer than an article,
and anywhere a parameter requiring replacement by the user is
encountered.
.
-An exception involves variable text in a context that is already marked
-up in italics,
-such as file or path names with variable components;
+An exception involves variant text in a context already typeset in
+italics,
+such as file or path names with replaceable components;
in such cases,
follow the convention of mathematical typography:
set the file or path name in italics as usual
-but use roman for the variable part
+but use roman for the variant part
(see
.B .IR
and
.B .RI
below),
-and italics again in running roman text when referring to the variable
+and italics again in running roman text when referring to the variant
material.
.
.
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ Unicode\~13.0,
or
POSIX.1-2017;
acronyms;
-and occurrences after the first of a technical term or piece of jargon.
+and occurrences after the first of a technical term.
.
.
.P
@@ -2310,10 +2310,11 @@ The macros we have described as extensions
.BR .TQ ,
.BR .UR / .UE ,
.BR .MT / .ME ,
+.BR .MR ,
and
-.BR .MR )
+.BR .SB )
should be used with caution,
-as they may not yet be built in to some viewer that is important to your
+as they may not be built in to some viewer that is important to your
audience.
.
See
@@ -2809,7 +2810,7 @@ so it does not represent itself in output.
.
Also see
.B \ee
-below.
+above.
.
.
.TP
@@ -3124,8 +3125,7 @@ That
.I man
supported the macros listed in this page not described as extensions,
except
-.BR .P ,
-.BR .SB ,
+.B .P
.\" .SS was implemented in tmac.an but not documented in man(7).
and the deprecated
.B .AT
@@ -3501,7 +3501,7 @@ calls visible in the document text produced by link-capable drivers.
.TP
.BI \-rX p
Number successors of
-.RI page\~ p ,
+.RI page\~ p
as
.IR p a,
.IR p b,