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diff --git a/man/scan.man1 b/man/scan.man1
index 1732895..e4c357a 100644
--- a/man/scan.man1
+++ b/man/scan.man1
@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@ scan \- produce a one line per message scan listing
 .B scan
 .RI [ +folder ]
 .RI [ msgs ]
-.RB [ \-clear " | " \-noclear ]
 .RB [ \-form
 .IR formatfile ]
-.RB [ \-format
-.IR string ]
 .RB [ \-width
 .IR columns ]
 .RB [ \-file
@@ -86,52 +83,30 @@ The switch
 may be used to specify the width of
 the scan line.  The default is to use the width of the terminal.
 .PP
-If the
-.B \-clear
-switch is used and
-.BR scan 's
-output is directed
-to a terminal, then
-.B scan
-will consult the environment variables
-.B $TERM
-and
-.B $TERMCAP
-to determine your terminal type in order
-to find out how to clear the screen prior to exiting.  If the
-.B \-clear
-switch is used and
-.BR scan 's
-output is not directed to a terminal
-(e.g., a pipe or a file), then
-.B scan
-will send a formfeed prior
-to exiting.
-.PP
-For example, the command:
+The command:
 .PP
 .RS 5
-(scan \-clear ; show all \-show pr \-f) | lpr
+(scan | pr ; show a \-showproc pr) | lpr
 .RE
 .PP
-produces a scan listing of the current folder, followed by a formfeed,
+produces a scan listing of the current folder,
 followed by a formatted listing of all messages in the folder, one
 per page.  Omitting
-.RB \*(lq "\-show\ pr\ \-f" \*(rq
+.RB \*(lq "\-showproc\ pr" \*(rq
 will cause the messages to be
 concatenated, separated by a one\-line header and two blank lines.
 .PP
 To override the output format used by
 .BR scan ,
 the
-.B \-format
-.I string
-or
 .B \-form
 .I file
-switches are used.  This permits individual fields of
-the scan listing to be extracted with ease.  The string is simply a format
-string and the file is simply a format file.  See
+switch is used.  This permits individual fields of
+the scan listing to be extracted with ease.
+.I file
+is either the name of a format file or a format string directly,
+if prepended with an equal sign `='.
+See
 .BR mh\-format (5)
 for the details.
 .PP
@@ -196,7 +171,7 @@ inc(1), pick(1), show(1), mh\-format(5)
 .nf
 .RB ` +folder "' defaults to the current folder"
 .RB ` msgs "' defaults to all"
-.RB ` \-format "' defaulted as described above"
+.RB ` \-form "' defaulted as described above"
 .RB ` \-width "' defaulted to the width of the terminal"
 .fi
 
@@ -205,7 +180,7 @@ If a folder is given, it will become the current folder.
 
 .SH BUGS
 The argument to the
-.B \-format
+.B \-form
 switch must be interpreted as a single
 token by the shell that invokes
 .BR scan .