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.TP
\fB\-maxlen \fIlength\fR
.
-Indicates that the output should be split into lines of no more than
-\fIlength\fR characters. By default, lines are split every 61 characters, and
-this must be in the range 3 to 85 due to limitations in the encoding.
+Indicates the maximum number of characters to produce for each encoded line.
+The valid range is 5 to 85. Line lengths outside that range cannot be
+accommodated by the encoding format. The default value is 61.
.TP
\fB\-wrapchar \fIcharacter\fR
.
-Indicates that, when lines are split because of the \fB\-maxlen\fR option,
-\fIcharacter\fR should be used to separate lines. By default, this is a
-newline character,
+Indicates the character(s) to use to mark the end of each encoded line.
+Acceptable values are a sequence of zero or more characters from the
+set { \\x09 (TAB), \\x0B (VT), \\x0C (FF), \\x0D (CR) } followed
+by zero or one newline \\x0A (LF). Any other value is rejected because
+it would mangle the encoded text too much to decode. The default value
+is a single newline.
.QW \en .
.PP
During decoding, the following options are supported:
.TP
\fB\-strict\fR
.
-Instructs the decoder to throw an error if it encounters unexpected
-whitespace characters. Otherwise it ignores them.
+Instructs the decoder to throw an error if it encounters anything
+outside of the standard encoding format. Without this option, the
+decoder tolerates some deviations, mostly to forgive reflows of lines
+between the encoder and decoder.
.PP
Note that neither the encoder nor the decoder handle the header and footer of
the uuencode format.