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diff --git a/man/env.3 b/man/env.3
index 7894d7c..1818b37 100644
--- a/man/env.3
+++ b/man/env.3
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" -*-nroff-*-
-.TH env 3 "26 July 1999" mLib
+.TH env 3 "26 July 1999" "Straylight/Edgeware" "mLib utilities library"
 .SH "NAME"
-env \- efficient fiddline with environment variables
+env \- efficient fiddling with environment variables
 .\" @env_get
 .\" @env_put
 .\" @env_import
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ env \- efficient fiddline with environment variables
 .B "#include <mLib/env.h>"
 
 .BI "char *env_get(sym_table *" t ", const char *" name );
-.BI "void env_put(sym_table * " t ,
+.BI "void env_put(sym_table *" t ,
 .BI "             const char *" name ", const char *" value );
 .BI "void env_import(sym_table *" t ", char **" env );
 .BI "char **env_export(sym_table *" t );
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ The function
 .B env_export
 creates a Unix environment array from a symbol table.  The environment
 array is one big block of memory allocated using
-.BR malloc (3);
+.BR xmalloc (3);
 hence, one call to
-.BR free (3)
+.BR xfree (3)
 releases all the memory used for the pointer array and the strings.
 .PP
 The
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ argument contains an
 character, it is assumed to be of the form
 .IB n = v\fR;
 the
-.I value argument is ignored, and the variable
+.I value
+argument is ignored, and the variable
 .I n
 is assigned the value
 .IR v .
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ Otherwise, if
 .I value
 is not a null pointer, the variable
 .I name
-is assigned the value
-.I value .
+is assigned
+.IR value .
 Finally, if
 .I value
 is null, the variable
@@ -77,10 +78,10 @@ is deleted.
 .PP
 The
 .B env_destroy
-function frees all the memory used by an environment symbol table.  The
-table itself is destroyed too.
+function frees an environment symbol table, together with all of the
+environment variables.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR sym (3),
 .BR mLib (3).
 .SH "AUTHOR"
-Mark Wooding, <mdw@nsict.org>
+Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk>