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diff --git a/doc/tcltest.n b/doc/tcltest.n
index 86af612..f6067ee 100644
--- a/doc/tcltest.n
+++ b/doc/tcltest.n
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tcltest.n,v 1.38.2.2 2003/03/26 23:51:25 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: tcltest.n,v 1.38.2.3 2003/07/18 21:01:32 dgp Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH "tcltest" n 2.2 tcltest "Tcl Bundled Packages"
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ an empty string.
The \fB-output\fR attribute supplies the \fIexpectedValue\fR against which
any output sent to \fBstdout\fR or [\fBoutputChannel\fR] during evaluation
of the script(s) will be compared. Note that only output printed using
-[\fBputs\fR] is used for comparison. If \fB-output\fR is not specified,
+[\fB::puts\fR] is used for comparison. If \fB-output\fR is not specified,
output sent to \fBstdout\fR and [\fBoutputChannel\fR] is not processed for
comparison.
.TP
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ comparison.
The \fB-errorOutput\fR attribute supplies the \fIexpectedValue\fR against
which any output sent to \fBstderr\fR or [\fBerrorChannel\fR] during
evaluation of the script(s) will be compared. Note that only output
-printed using [\fBputs\fR] is used for comparison. If \fB-errorOutput\fR
+printed using [\fB::puts\fR] is used for comparison. If \fB-errorOutput\fR
is not specified, output sent to \fBstderr\fR and [\fBerrorChannel\fR] is
not processed for comparison.
.TP
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ In default operation, a successful test produces no output. The output
messages produced by [\fBtest\fR] are controlled by the
[\fBconfigure -verbose\fR] option as described in \fBCONFIGURABLE OPTIONS\fR
below. Any output produced by the test scripts themselves should be
-produced using [\fBputs\fR] to [\fBoutputChannel\fR] or
+produced using [\fB::puts\fR] to [\fBoutputChannel\fR] or
[\fBerrorChannel\fR], so that users of the test suite may
easily capture output with the [\fBconfigure -outfile\fR] and
[\fBconfigure -errfile\fR] options, and so that the \fB-output\fR
@@ -1050,13 +1050,13 @@ where 'm', 'n', 'o', and 'p' refer to tests that were run at the
same test level as test level-1.1.
.PP
Implementation of output and error comparison in the test command
-depends on usage of puts in your application code. Output is
-intercepted by redefining the puts command while the defined test
+depends on usage of ::puts in your application code. Output is
+intercepted by redefining the ::puts command while the defined test
script is being run. Errors thrown by C procedures or printed
directly from C applications will not be caught by the test command.
Therefore, usage of the \fB-output\fR and \fB-errorOuput\fR
options to [\fBtest\fR] is useful only for pure Tcl applications
-that use [\fBputs\fR] to produce output.
+that use [\fB::puts\fR] to produce output.
.SH KEYWORDS
test, test harness, test suite