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diff --git a/doc/fcopy.n b/doc/fcopy.n
index 7441b66..30c1a8a 100644
--- a/doc/fcopy.n
+++ b/doc/fcopy.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: fcopy.n,v 1.15 2007/10/28 14:17:40 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: fcopy.n,v 1.16 2007/10/29 01:42:18 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH fcopy n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ then all data already queued for \fIoutchan\fR is written out.
Note that \fIinchan\fR can become readable during a background copy.
You should turn off any \fBfileevent\fR handlers during a background
copy so those handlers do not interfere with the copy.
-Any I/O attempted by a \fBfileevent\fR handler will get a "channel busy" error.
+Any I/O attempted by a \fBfileevent\fR handler will get a
+.QW "channel busy"
+error.
.PP
\fBFcopy\fR translates end-of-line sequences in \fIinchan\fR and \fIoutchan\fR
according to the \fB\-translation\fR option
@@ -79,11 +81,14 @@ UTF-8 and then into the encoding of the channel \fBfcopy\fR writes
to. See the manual entry for \fBfconfigure\fR for details on the
\fB\-encoding\fR and \fB\-translation\fR options. No conversion is
done if both channels are
-set to encoding "binary" and have matching translations. If only the
-output channel is set to
-encoding "binary" the system will write the internal UTF-8
-representation of the incoming characters. If only the input channel
-is set to encoding "binary" the system will assume that the incoming
+set to encoding
+.QW binary
+and have matching translations. If only the output channel is set to encoding
+.QW binary
+the system will write the internal UTF-8 representation of the incoming
+characters. If only the input channel is set to encoding
+.QW binary
+the system will assume that the incoming
bytes are valid UTF-8 characters and convert them according to the
output encoding. The behaviour of the system for bytes which are not
valid UTF-8 characters is undefined in this case.