From aeb666ce125c17b34680e074eb6302d3b144fbb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:32:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] man-pages.7: Clarify that SEE ALSO entries may refer to pages from other projects Reported-by: Laurent Georget Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/man-pages.7 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index 1c75a166c..9f5962dec 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -480,6 +480,11 @@ and directives. Hyphenation of individual page names can be prevented by preceding words with the string "\\%". + +Given the distributed, autonomous nature of FOSS projects +and their documentation, it is sometimes necessary\(emand in many cases +desirable\(emthat the SEE ALSO section includes references to +manual pages provided by other projects. .SH STYLE GUIDE The following subsections describe the preferred style for the .IR man-pages