<docdate>

the last modified date of the manual page

<doctitle>

the title of the manual page

<os>

the operating system for which the manual page was written

<section>

the man section in which the manual pages should appear

<names>

names and descriptions of functions or tools described in this manual page (see example for syntax)

<usage>

command-line usage or function parameters (see example for syntax)

<returnvalues>

function return value (text description)

<environment>

interaction with environment variables

<files>

files used by a command-line tool

<examples>

usage examples

<diagnostics>

troubleshooting information

<errors>

function error values (generally restricted to those returned via the errno global variable)

<seealso>

cross-references to other manual pages (see example)

<conformingto>

standards to which a tool or function conforms.

<history>

historical information

<bugs>

known bugs in a tool or function

<p>

paragraph

<blockquote>

indented block

<tt>

indented literal text or code

<ul>

unordered (bullet) list

<ol>

ordered (numbered) list

<li>

list item (within a list)

<code>

literal text

<dl>

term and definition list

<dt>

term (within a term and definition list)

<dd>

definition (within a term and definition list)

<path>

path name

<function>

function name

<command>

command name

<manpage>

man page cross-reference (see example)