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diff --git a/src/roff/groff/groff.man b/src/roff/groff/groff.man
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--- a/src/roff/groff/groff.man
+++ b/src/roff/groff/groff.man
@@ -211,10 +211,12 @@ to
before passing it to the postprocessor.
.TP
.B \-l
-Send the output to a printer.
+Send the output to a spooler for printing.
The command used for this is specified by the
.B print
-command in the device description file.
+command in the device description file (if not present,
+.B \-l
+has no effect).
.TP
.BI \-L arg
Pass
@@ -230,6 +232,11 @@ does not prepend
to
.I arg
before passing it to the postprocessor.
+If there is no
+.B print
+command in the device description file,
+.B \-L
+is ignored.
.TP
.BI \-T dev
Prepare output for device