-datefield\-major, textfield\-minor, using a case insensitive comparison.
-
-With `\-textfield\ field', if `\-limit\ days' is specified, messages
-with similar textfields that are dated within `days' of each other
-appear together. Specifying `\-nolimit' makes the limit infinity.
-With `\-limit 0', the sort is instead made textfield\-major, date\-minor.
-
-.\"Ex
-For example, to order a folder by date-major, subject-minor, use:
-
-.ti +.5i
+datefield\-major, textfield\-minor, using a case insensitive
+comparison. If this field is \*(lqsubject\*(rq, any leading "re:" is
+stripped off.
+.PP
+With
+.B \-textfield
+.IR field ,
+if
+.B \-limit
+.I days
+is specified, messages
+with the same textfields that are dated within `days' of each other
+appear together. Specifying
+.B \-nolimit
+makes the limit infinity.
+With
+.B \-limit
+.IR 0 ,
+the sort is instead made textfield\-major, date\-minor.
+.PP
+For example, to order a folder by date-major, grouping messages with
+the same subject on the same date together, use:
+.PP
+.RS 5