diff --git a/src/man/create_table.l b/src/man/create_table.l
index ccaab02aaf9c75c10bd29354e5001eb3eb59dda0..4a79c2b008e3f624278ac3bc02b078bddc55eaa1 100644
--- a/src/man/create_table.l
+++ b/src/man/create_table.l
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
 .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/create_table.l,v 1.6 1997/09/26 15:21:27 thomas Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/create_table.l,v 1.7 1997/09/27 03:14:17 momjian Exp $
 .TH "CREATE TABLE" SQL 09/25/97 PostgreSQL
 .SH NAME
 create table \(em create a new class
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
-\fBcreate table\fR classname \fB(\fPattname type [\fBdefault\fP value] [\fB,\fP attname type \fBdefault\fP value]\fB)\fP
+\fBcreate table\fR classname \fB(\fPattname type [\fBdefault\fP value]
+	[\fB,\fP attname type \fBdefault\fP value]\fB )\fP
 	[\fBinherits\fR \fB(\fR classname [\fB,\fR classname] \fB)\fR]
 	[\fBconstraint\fR cname \fBcheck\fR \fB(\fR test \fB)\fR [\fB,\fR \fBcheck\fR test]
 	[\fBarchive\fR \fB=\fR archive_mode]
diff --git a/src/man/insert.l b/src/man/insert.l
index 62452c38359248e7ce29ae6253485bf4fa5a6e7d..51624cf97863750f2c318d5a58c506f65cc63d42 100644
--- a/src/man/insert.l
+++ b/src/man/insert.l
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
 .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/insert.l,v 1.4 1997/08/26 17:39:31 momjian Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/insert.l,v 1.5 1997/09/27 03:14:19 momjian Exp $
 .TH INSERT SQL 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
 .SH NAME
 insert \(em insert tuples to a relation
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fBinsert\fR into classname
-    [(att.expr-1,{att_expr.i})]
-	{\fBvalues\fR (expression1 {,expression-i}) |
-    \fBselect\fR expression1,{expression-i}
+    [(att.expr-1 [,att_expr.i] )]
+	{\fBvalues\fR (expression1 [,expression-i] ) |
+    \fBselect\fR expression1 [,expression-i]
 	[\fBfrom\fR from-list] [\fBwhere\fR qual] 
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/src/man/update.l b/src/man/update.l
index fb026c828e4a98bbfda701d9df2f879577d977cb..5d5eaf62baf535bdd5207e76f79d2f2464936892 100644
--- a/src/man/update.l
+++ b/src/man/update.l
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
 .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/update.l,v 1.2 1996/12/11 00:28:13 momjian Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/update.l,v 1.3 1997/09/27 03:14:20 momjian Exp $
 .TH UPDATE SQL 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
 .SH NAME
 update \(em replace values of attributes in a class
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
-\fBupdate\fR classname \fBset\fR attname-1 = expression-1,
-	{attname-i = expression-i}
+\fBupdate\fR classname \fBset\fR attname-1 = expression-1
+	[, attname-i = expression-i]
 	[\fBfrom\fR from-list]
 	[\fBwhere\fR qual]
 .fi