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diff --git a/miscutils/man.c b/miscutils/man.c
index adb7770b4..932f0b794 100644
--- a/miscutils/man.c
+++ b/miscutils/man.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ echo ".\\\""
echo ".pl \n(nlu+10"
) | gtbl | nroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc | less
+Some systems use -Tascii.
+
On another system I see this:
... | tbl | nroff -mandoc -rLL=<NNN>n -rLT=<NNN>n -Tutf8 | less
@@ -55,8 +57,8 @@ struct globals {
setup_common_bufsiz(); \
G.col = "col"; \
G.tbl = "tbl"; \
- /* replaced -Tlatin1 with -Tascii for non-UTF8 displays */ \
- G.nroff = "nroff -mandoc -Tascii"; \
+ /* Removed -Tlatin1. Assuming system nroff has suitable default */ \
+ G.nroff = "nroff -mandoc"; \
G.pager = ENABLE_LESS ? "less" : "more"; \
} while (0)