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diff --git a/doc/StdChannels.3 b/doc/StdChannels.3
index d3ecff2..e22e326 100644
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+++ b/doc/StdChannels.3
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ standard channels. (A channel is not
if it could not be
successfully opened; for example, in a Tcl application run as a
Windows NT service.)
-.TP
-1)
+.IP 1)
A single standard channel is initialized when it is explicitly
specified in a call to \fBTcl_SetStdChannel\fR. The states of the
other standard channels are unaffected.
@@ -55,17 +54,14 @@ other standard channels are unaffected.
Missing platform-specific standard channels do not matter here. This
approach is not available at the script level.
.RE
-.TP
-2)
+.IP 2)
All uninitialized standard channels are initialized to
platform-specific default values:
.RS
-.TP
-(a)
+.IP (a)
when open channels are listed with \fBTcl_GetChannelNames\fR (or the
\fBfile channels\fR script command), or
-.TP
-(b)
+.IP (b)
when information about any standard channel is requested with a call
to \fBTcl_GetStdChannel\fR, or with a call to \fBTcl_GetChannel\fR
which specifies one of the standard names (\fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR
@@ -76,8 +72,7 @@ standard channels are considered as initialized and then immediately
closed. This means that the first three Tcl channels then opened by
the application are designated as the Tcl standard channels.
.RE
-.TP
-3)
+.IP 3)
All uninitialized standard channels are initialized to
platform-specific default values when a user-requested channel is
registered with \fBTcl_RegisterChannel\fR.