Adjustment from feedback and slight touchups.

tmux.1

@@ -3330,34 +3330,39 @@ but a different format may be specified with
 .Op Fl H Ar height
 .Op Fl l Ar size
 .Op Fl m Ar message
+.Op Fl M Ar mode
 .Op Fl p Ar percentage
 .Op Fl R Ar inactive-border-style
 .Op Fl s Ar style
 .Op Fl S Ar active-border-style
 .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
-.Op Fl T Ar type
 .Op Fl w Ar width
 .Op Fl x Ar x-position
 .Op Fl y Ar y-position
 .Op Ar shell-command Op Ar argument ...
 .Xc
 .D1 Pq alias: Ic newp
-Create a new pane. The new pane may be floating by specifying the
-.Ar type
-with
-.Fl Tf
-/
-.Fl Tfloating ,
-or tiled into the layout by splitting an existing pane with
-.Fl Tt
-/
-.Fl Ttiled .
+Create a new pane.
+A
+.Ar mode
+may be specified with the
+.Fl M
+option and must be followed by one of the following special values:
+.Bl -column "XXXXX" -offset indent
+.It Sy "Value" Ta Sy "Meaning"
+.It Li "f" Ta "floating pane above the current layout"
+.It Li "t" Ta "tiled into the layout by splitting a pane"
+.El
+.Pp
+If no
+.Ar mode
+is specified,
+.Ic f
+is assumed.
 When creating a tiled pane, a target pane may be specified with
 .Fl t .
-Note that some options are related to dimensions/layout. Those options will
-only affect one creation 
-.Ar type
-and will be in their own sections.
+Note that some options will only affect one
+.Ar mode .
 .Pp
 If
 .Fl d
@@ -3374,8 +3379,8 @@ sets the border style when the pane is inactive (see
 .Fl k
 keeps the pane open after the optional
 .Ar shell-command
-exits and waits for a keypress (any non-mouse key) before closing it. The
-message shown is controlled by the
+exits and waits for a keypress (any non-mouse key) before closing it.
+The message shown is controlled by the
 .Ic remain-on-exit-format
 option.
 .Fl m Ar message
@@ -3393,24 +3398,26 @@ The
 flag (if
 .Ar shell-command
 is not specified or empty)
-will create an empty pane and forward any output from stdin to it. For example:
+will create an empty pane and forward any output from stdin to it.
+For example:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 $ make 2>&1|tmux splitw \-dI &
 .Ed
 .Pp
-For floating panes, the following flags are availible:
+For floating panes, the following options are availible:
 The
 .Fl w ,
 .Fl h ,
 .Fl x ,
 and
 .Fl y
-options set the width, height, and position of the pane; if not given,
-the pane is sized to half the window dimensions and offset from the
-previous floating pane. These four options may be followed by '%' to specify
-a percentage of the current window dimensions.
+options set the width, height, and position of the pane.
+If not given, the pane is sized to half the window dimensions and offset from
+the previous floating pane.
+These four options may be followed by '%' to specify a percentage of the
+current window dimensions.
 .Pp
-For tiled panes, the following flags are availible:
+For tiled panes, the following options are availible:
 .Fl h
 does a horizontal split and
 .Fl v
@@ -3783,7 +3790,8 @@ the command behaves like
 .Op Ar shell-command Op Ar argument ...
 .Xc
 .D1 Pq alias: Ic splitw
-Creates a new pane. Default behavior is to split the pane in a tiled layout.
+Creates a new pane.
+Default behavior is to split the pane in a tiled layout.
 Shares behavior with
 .Ic new-pane .
 .Pp