diff --git a/cpio.1 b/cpio.1
index e3529f1..435dbc7 100644
--- a/cpio.1
+++ b/cpio.1
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-.\"	$MirOS: src/bin/pax/cpio.1,v 1.36 2015/04/12 21:49:37 tg Exp $
+.\"	$MirOS: src/bin/pax/cpio.1,v 1.37 2016/02/11 20:12:10 tg Exp $
 .\"	$OpenBSD: cpio.1,v 1.34 2011/09/03 22:59:08 jmc Exp $
 .\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
-.\"	Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
+.\"	mirabilos <m@mirbsd.org>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997 SigmaSoft, Th. Lockert
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 .\" * ^ is size-reduced and placed atop in groff, so use \*(ha
 .\" * \(en does not work in nroff, so use \*(en
 .\" * <>| are problematic, so redefine and use \*(Lt\*(Gt\*(Ba
-.\" Also make sure to use \& especially with two-letter words.
+.\" Also make sure to use \& *before* a punctuation char that is to not
+.\" be interpreted as punctuation, and especially with two-letter words
+.\" but also (after) a period that does not end a sentence (“e.g.\&”).
 .\" The section after the "doc" macropackage has been loaded contains
 .\" additional code to convene between the UCB mdoc macropackage (and
 .\" its variant as BSD mdoc in groff) and the GNU mdoc macropackage.
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@
 .\" with -mandoc, it might implement .Mx itself, but we want to
 .\" use our own definition. And .Dd must come *first*, always.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: April 12 2015 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 11 2016 $
 .\"
 .\" Check which macro package we use, and do other -mdoc setup.
 .\"
@@ -372,7 +374,7 @@ sv4crc, and ustar file format writing routines.
 Use the specified file name as the archive to write to.
 .It Fl V
 Print a dot
-.Pq Sq .\&
+.Pq Sq \&.
 for each file written to the archive.
 .It Fl v
 Be verbose about operations.
@@ -477,7 +479,7 @@ Overwrite files even when the file in the archive is
 older than the one that will be overwritten.
 .It Fl V
 Print a dot
-.Pq Sq .\&
+.Pq Sq \&.
 for each file read from the archive.
 .It Fl v
 Be verbose about operations.
@@ -515,7 +517,7 @@ Overwrite files even when the original file being copied is
 older than the one that will be overwritten.
 .It Fl V
 Print a dot
-.Pq Sq .\&
+.Pq Sq \&.
 for each file copied.
 .It Fl v
 Be verbose about operations.
diff --git a/pax.1 b/pax.1
index b5fd048..afd349f 100644
--- a/pax.1
+++ b/pax.1
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.\"	$MirOS: src/bin/pax/pax.1,v 1.26 2014/08/03 16:02:34 tg Exp $
+.\"	$MirOS: src/bin/pax/pax.1,v 1.27 2016/02/11 20:12:10 tg Exp $
 .\"	$OpenBSD: pax.1,v 1.61 2010/09/19 20:55:25 jmc Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: pax.1,v 1.3 1995/03/21 09:07:37 cgd Exp $
 .\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
-.\"	Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016
+.\"	mirabilos <m@mirbsd.org>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1992 Keith Muller.
 .\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@
 .\" * ^ is size-reduced and placed atop in groff, so use \*(ha
 .\" * \(en does not work in nroff, so use \*(en
 .\" * <>| are problematic, so redefine and use \*(Lt\*(Gt\*(Ba
-.\" Also make sure to use \& especially with two-letter words.
+.\" Also make sure to use \& *before* a punctuation char that is to not
+.\" be interpreted as punctuation, and especially with two-letter words
+.\" but also (after) a period that does not end a sentence (“e.g.\&”).
 .\" The section after the "doc" macropackage has been loaded contains
 .\" additional code to convene between the UCB mdoc macropackage (and
 .\" its variant as BSD mdoc in groff) and the GNU mdoc macropackage.
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@
 .\" with -mandoc, it might implement .Mx itself, but we want to
 .\" use our own definition. And .Dd must come *first*, always.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 3 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 11 2016 $
 .\"
 .\" Check which macro package we use, and do other -mdoc setup.
 .\"
diff --git a/tar.1 b/tar.1
index 05a5aa7..a401ced 100644
--- a/tar.1
+++ b/tar.1
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-.\"	$MirOS: src/bin/pax/tar.1,v 1.27 2014/07/03 18:57:18 tg Exp $
+.\"	$MirOS: src/bin/pax/tar.1,v 1.28 2016/02/11 20:12:10 tg Exp $
 .\"	$OpenBSD: tar.1,v 1.55 2010/12/02 04:08:27 tedu Exp $
 .\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
-.\"	Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016
+.\"	mirabilos <m@mirbsd.org>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1996 SigmaSoft, Th. Lockert
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 .\" * ^ is size-reduced and placed atop in groff, so use \*(ha
 .\" * \(en does not work in nroff, so use \*(en
 .\" * <>| are problematic, so redefine and use \*(Lt\*(Gt\*(Ba
-.\" Also make sure to use \& especially with two-letter words.
+.\" Also make sure to use \& *before* a punctuation char that is to not
+.\" be interpreted as punctuation, and especially with two-letter words
+.\" but also (after) a period that does not end a sentence (“e.g.\&”).
 .\" The section after the "doc" macropackage has been loaded contains
 .\" additional code to convene between the UCB mdoc macropackage (and
 .\" its variant as BSD mdoc in groff) and the GNU mdoc macropackage.
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@
 .\" with -mandoc, it might implement .Mx itself, but we want to
 .\" use our own definition. And .Dd must come *first*, always.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 3 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 11 2016 $
 .\"
 .\" Check which macro package we use, and do other -mdoc setup.
 .\"