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Index: head/share/man/man5/style.mdoc.5
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--- head/share/man/man5/style.mdoc.5
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd December 28, 2018
+.Dd December 29, 2018
.Dt STYLE.MDOC 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
This file specifies the preferred style for manual pages in the
.Fx
source tree.
-.Ss Code examples
+.Ss Code Examples
.Bl -dash -width ""
.It
Use literal formatting for examples and literal shell commands, e.g.:
@@ -68,7 +68,53 @@
.Dq Nm make Cm install Cm clean .
.Ed
.El
-.Ss Synopsis formatting
+.Ss EXAMPLES Section
+.Bl -dash -width ""
+.It
+Format the
+.Sx EXAMPLES
+section in the following way:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+\&.Bl -tag -width 0n
+\&.It Sy Example 1\&: No Doing Something
+\&.Pp
+The following command does something.
+\&.Bd -literal -offset 2n
+\&.Li # Ic make -VLEGAL
+\&.Ed
+\&.It Sy Example 2\&: No Doing Something Different
+\&.Pp
+The following command does something different.
+\&.Bd -literal -offset 2n
+\&.Li # Ic bectl list
+\&.Ed
+\&.Pp
+It is good to know this command.
+\&.El
+\&.El
+.Ed
+.Pp
+which renders as:
+.Bd -filled -offset indent
+.Bl -tag -width 0n
+.It Sy Example 1\&: No Doing Something
+.Pp
+The following command does something.
+.Bd -literal -offset 2n
+.Li # Ic make -VLEGAL
+.Ed
+.It Sy Example 2\&: No Doing Something Different
+.Pp
+The following command does something different.
+.Bd -literal -offset 2n
+.Li # Ic bectl list
+.Ed
+.Pp
+It is good to know this command.
+.El
+.Ed
+.El
+.Ss Synopsis Formatting
.Bl -dash -width ""
.It
Do not put whitespace between alternative parameters separated with a pipe

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