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diff --git a/README b/README
index e8ff8ec..7c8ffdb 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -68,4 +68,10 @@ SciTECO has the following build and runtime dependencies:
commandline for you, uses a file open hook to configure syntax highlighting (only
C/C++ and Makefiles for now) and enables line numbers.
+Additional Documentation
+========================
+
+* There is a manpage sciteco(1) describing program invocation and SciTECO's
+ batch mode processing.
+
More documentation is coming soon.
diff --git a/sciteco.1.in b/sciteco.1.in
index 0314ca8..165b7f7 100644
--- a/sciteco.1.in
+++ b/sciteco.1.in
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
..
.
.SH NAME
-@PACKAGE_TARNAME@ \-\- Scintilla-based \fBTE\fPxt \fBE\fPditor and \fBCO\fPrrector
+@PACKAGE_TARNAME@ \-\-
+Scintilla-based \fBTE\fPxt \fBE\fPditor and \fBCO\fPrrector
.
.
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
\*(ST is an interactive
.B TECO
dialect, similar to
-.B VideoTECO.
+.BR VideoTECO .
It also adds features from classic
.BR "Standard TECO-11" ,
and incorporates many unique new ideas.
@@ -45,10 +46,12 @@ In contrast to ordinary macro execution,
if the first two characters of the file are \(lq#!\(rq its first line
is ignored.
Therefore under UNIX-like operating systems, TECO macro files may be
-invoked as scripts using a Hashbang line like
+invoked as scripts by using a Hashbang line like
+.RS
.EX
#!/bin/sciteco -m
.EE
+.RE
If the munged macro does not request program termination using the
.I EX
command, \*(ST will automatically switch into its graphical
@@ -58,12 +61,11 @@ mode.
including Curses and GTK+ based ones.
.
.LP
-Upon startup \*(ST's buffer ring contains only one unnamed buffer.
-Any command line argument after the \*(ST options is
-passed as an
-.I argument
+Upon startup \*(ST's buffer ring contains only one unnamed empty buffer.
+All command line arguments after the \*(ST options are passed as
+.I arguments
to the munged macro by placing each argument on its own line in
-the default unnamed buffer.
+the buffer.
In any case the current buffer position (called
.IR dot )
is left at the beginning of the buffer.