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diff --git a/doc/Exit.3 b/doc/Exit.3
index aa69b47..fd251c7 100644
--- a/doc/Exit.3
+++ b/doc/Exit.3
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@ Tcl_Exit, Tcl_Finalize, Tcl_CreateExitHandler, Tcl_DeleteExitHandler, Tcl_ExitTh
.sp
\fBTcl_DeleteThreadExitHandler\fR(\fIproc, clientData\fR)
.sp
-.VS 8.5
Tcl_ExitProc *
\fBTcl_SetExitProc\fR(\fIproc\fR)
-.VE 8.5
.SH ARGUMENTS
.AS Tcl_ExitProc clientData
.AP int status in
@@ -64,24 +62,18 @@ otherwise causes the application to terminate without calling
\fBTcl_Exit\fR, the exit handlers will not be run.
\fBTcl_Exit\fR internally invokes the \fBexit\fR system call, thus it never
returns control to its caller.
-.VS 8.5
If an application exit handler has been installed (see
\fBTcl_SetExitProc\fR), that handler is invoked with an argument
consisting of the exit status (cast to ClientData); the application
exit handler should not return control to Tcl.
-.VE 8.5
.PP
\fBTcl_Finalize\fR is similar to \fBTcl_Exit\fR except that it does not
exit from the current process.
It is useful for cleaning up when a process is finished using \fBTcl\fR but
wishes to continue executing, and when \fBTcl\fR is used in a dynamically
loaded extension that is about to be unloaded.
-On some systems \fBTcl\fR is automatically notified when it is being
-unloaded, and it calls \fBTcl_Finalize\fR internally; on these systems it
-not necessary for the caller to explicitly call \fBTcl_Finalize\fR.
-However, to ensure portability, your code should always invoke
-\fBTcl_Finalize\fR when \fBTcl\fR is being unloaded, to ensure that the
-code will work on all platforms. \fBTcl_Finalize\fR can be safely called
+Your code should always invoke \fBTcl_Finalize\fR when \fBTcl\fR is being
+unloaded, to ensure proper cleanup. \fBTcl_Finalize\fR can be safely called
more than once.
.PP
\fBTcl_ExitThread\fR is used to terminate the current thread and invoke
@@ -98,9 +90,12 @@ by \fBTcl_FinalizeThread\fR and \fBTcl_ExitThread\fR.
This provides a hook for cleanup operations such as flushing buffers
and freeing global memory.
\fIProc\fR should match the type \fBTcl_ExitProc\fR:
+.PP
.CS
-typedef void Tcl_ExitProc(ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
+typedef void \fBTcl_ExitProc\fR(
+ ClientData \fIclientData\fR);
.CE
+.PP
The \fIclientData\fR parameter to \fIproc\fR is a
copy of the \fIclientData\fR argument given to
\fBTcl_CreateExitHandler\fR or \fBTcl_CreateThreadExitHandler\fR when
@@ -116,7 +111,6 @@ indicated by \fIproc\fR and \fIclientData\fR so that no call
to \fIproc\fR will be made. If no such handler exists then
\fBTcl_DeleteExitHandler\fR or \fBTcl_DeleteThreadExitHandler\fR does nothing.
.PP
-.PP
\fBTcl_Finalize\fR and \fBTcl_Exit\fR execute all registered exit handlers,
in reverse order from the order in which they were registered.
This matches the natural order in which extensions are loaded and unloaded;
@@ -132,7 +126,6 @@ the process-wide exit handlers. This is because thread finalization shuts
down the I/O channel system, so any attempt at I/O by the global exit
handlers will vanish into the bitbucket.
.PP
-.VS 8.5
\fBTcl_SetExitProc\fR installs an application exit handler, returning
the previously-installed application exit handler or NULL if no
application handler was installed. If an application exit handler is
@@ -141,7 +134,7 @@ finalization of Tcl's subsystems via \fBTcl_Finalize\fR at an
appropriate time. The argument passed to \fIproc\fR when it is
invoked will be the exit status code (as passed to \fBTcl_Exit\fR)
cast to a ClientData value.
-.VE 8.5
-
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+exit(n)
.SH KEYWORDS
-callback, cleanup, dynamic loading, end application, exit, unloading, thread
+abort, callback, cleanup, dynamic loading, end application, exit, unloading, thread