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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/sfeedrc.5 b/sfeedrc.5
index 344ee42..91f82ce 100644
--- a/sfeedrc.5
+++ b/sfeedrc.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd May 2, 2022
+.Dd January 18, 2023
.Dt SFEEDRC 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ is a shellscript each function can be overridden to change its behaviour,
notable functions are:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fn fetch "name" "url" "feedfile"
-Fetch feed from URL and writes data to stdout, its arguments are:
+Fetch feed from URL and write the data to stdout, its arguments are:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fa name
Specified name in configuration file (useful for logging).
.It Fa url
-Url to fetch.
+URL to fetch.
.It Fa feedfile
Used feedfile (useful for comparing modification times).
.El
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ By default the tool
.Xr curl 1
is used.
.It Fn convertencoding "name" "from" "to"
-Convert from text-encoding to another and writes it to stdout, its arguments
-are:
+Convert data from stdin from one text-encoding to another and write it to
+stdout,
+its arguments are:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fa name
Feed name.
@@ -88,9 +89,9 @@ By default the tool
.Xr iconv 1
is used.
.It Fn parse "name" "feedurl" "basesiteurl"
-Parse and convert RSS/Atom XML to the
+Read RSS/Atom XML data from stdin, convert and write it as
.Xr sfeed 5
-TSV format.
+data to stdout.
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fa name
Name of the feed.
@@ -103,13 +104,15 @@ This argument allows to fix relative item links.
.It Fn filter "name"
Filter
.Xr sfeed 5
-data from stdin, write to stdout, its arguments are:
+data from stdin and write it to stdout, its arguments are:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fa name
Feed name.
.El
.It Fn merge "name" "oldfile" "newfile"
-Merge data of oldfile with newfile and writes it to stdout, its arguments are:
+Merge
+.Xr sfeed 5
+data of oldfile with newfile and write it to stdout, its arguments are:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fa name
Feed name.
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ New file.
.It Fn order "name"
Sort
.Xr sfeed 5
-data from stdin, write to stdout, its arguments are:
+data from stdin and write it to stdout, its arguments are:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fa name
Feed name.