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diff --git a/doc/DString.3 b/doc/DString.3
index 9f097ab..0e571d2 100644
--- a/doc/DString.3
+++ b/doc/DString.3
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-.so man.macros
.TH Tcl_DString 3 7.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.so man.macros
.BS
.SH NAME
-Tcl_DStringInit, Tcl_DStringAppend, Tcl_DStringAppendElement, Tcl_DStringStartSublist, Tcl_DStringEndSublist, Tcl_DStringLength, Tcl_DStringValue, Tcl_DStringSetLength, Tcl_DStringFree, Tcl_DStringResult, Tcl_DStringGetResult \- manipulate dynamic strings
+Tcl_DStringInit, Tcl_DStringAppend, Tcl_DStringAppendElement, Tcl_DStringStartSublist, Tcl_DStringEndSublist, Tcl_DStringLength, Tcl_DStringValue, Tcl_DStringSetLength, Tcl_DStringTrunc, Tcl_DStringFree, Tcl_DStringResult, Tcl_DStringGetResult \- manipulate dynamic strings
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ char *
.sp
\fBTcl_DStringSetLength\fR(\fIdsPtr, newLength\fR)
.sp
+\fBTcl_DStringTrunc\fR(\fIdsPtr, newLength\fR)
+.sp
\fBTcl_DStringFree\fR(\fIdsPtr\fR)
.sp
\fBTcl_DStringResult\fR(\fIinterp, dsPtr\fR)
@@ -126,6 +128,10 @@ caller to fill in the new space.
even if the string is truncated to zero length, so \fBTcl_DStringFree\fR
will still need to be called.
.PP
+\fBTcl_DStringTrunc\fR changes the length of a dynamic string.
+This procedure is now deprecated. \fBTcl_DStringSetLength\fR should
+be used instead.
+.PP
\fBTcl_DStringFree\fR should be called when you are finished using
the string. It frees up any memory that was allocated for the string
and reinitializes the string's value to an empty string.