; * etc/NEWS: Fix a recently added entry.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 996ef1e6bb9..8ac8ea2e409 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1268,7 +1268,13 @@ them to the 'browse-url' function, like the other protocols: 'ftp',
 'http', and 'https'.  This allows to have references to local HTML
 files, for example.
 
-*** 'Man-width-max' (80 by default) limits the number of columns on man pages.
+---
+** Display of man pages now limits the width for formatting pages.
+The new user option 'Man-width-max' (80 by default) limits the number
+of columns passed to the 'man' program for formatting man pages.  This
+is to enhance readability when man pages are displayed in very wide
+windows (which are customary with today's large displays).
+
 
 ** Xref