--- doc/newsx.conf.5.in.orig	Wed Apr 21 01:13:12 1999
+++ doc/newsx.conf.5.in	Sun Jan 21 14:08:22 2001
@@ -34,14 +34,10 @@
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-The
 .B "newsx.conf"
-will be
-be read before 
+is a profile file read by
 .IR newsx (8)
-the command line argument parsing commences.
-.PP
-The profile contains standard
+before processing the command line arguments.  It contains standard
 .IR newsx (8)
 command line options. The leading dashes for options are mandatory.
 Several lines may be used.
