diff --git a/man/curs_scanw.3x b/man/curs_scanw.3x
index 71ba9ee..a3208f5 100644
--- a/man/curs_scanw.3x
+++ b/man/curs_scanw.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
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-.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.14 2006/12/24 16:05:49 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.17 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_scanw 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBscanw\fR,
 \fBwscanw\fR,
 \fBmvscanw\fR,
 \fBmvwscanw\fR,
-\fBvwscanw\fR, \fBvw_scanw\fR - convert formatted input from a \fBcurses\fR window
+\fBvwscanw\fR, \fBvw_scanw\fR \- convert formatted input from a \fBcurses\fR window
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 .sp
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@
 Applications may use the return value from the \fBscanw\fR, \fBwscanw\fR,
 \fBmvscanw\fR and \fBmvwscanw\fR routines to determine the number of fields
 which were mapped in the call.
+.PP
+Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
+\fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window,
+or if the window pointer is null.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.  The function
 \fBvwscanw\fR is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced by a function
@@ -89,9 +93,3 @@
 at the end of the format string to ensure that something was processed.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_getstr\fR(3X), \fBcurs_printw\fR(3X), \fBscanf\fR(3)
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