--- uuencode.1.exp	2007-02-17 12:15:16.035662000 +0000
+++ uuencode.1.new	2007-02-17 16:31:20.535903808 +0000
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 .I Uuencode
 and
 .I uudecode
-are used to transmit binary files over transmission mediums
-that do not support other than simple
+are used to transmit binary files over channels
+that support only simple
 ASCII
 data.
 .PP
@@ -54,22 +54,23 @@
 reads
 .I file
 (or by default the standard input) and writes an encoded version
-to the standard output.
-The encoding uses only printing
+to the standard output, using only printing
 ASCII
-characters and includes the
-mode of the file and the operand
+characters.  The encoded output begins with a header, for use by
+.IR uudecode ,
+which records the mode of the input file and suggests
 .I name
-for use by
-.I uudecode.
-If
+for the decoded file that will be created.  (If
 .I name
 is
 .I /dev/stdout
-the result will be written to standard output.  By default the standard
-UU encoding format will be used.  If the option
+then
+.I uudecode
+will decode to standard output.)  The encoding has the format
+documented at uuencode(5), unless
+the option
 .I \-m
-is given on the command line
+is given, when
 .B base64
 encoding is used instead.
 .PP
@@ -96,8 +97,8 @@
 .I name
 is /dev/stdout the result will be written to standard output.
 .I Uudecode
-ignores any leading and trailing lines.  The program can automatically decide
-which of the both supported encoding schemes are used.
+ignores any leading and trailing lines.  The program tells from the
+header which of the two supported encoding schemes was used.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 The following example packages up a source tree, compresses it,
 uuencodes it and mails it to a user on another system.