From fa4a75cdabbac1751df30138a4f62f526225aacc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicholas Marriott <nicm@openbsd.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:50:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify alternate-screen description a little.

---
 tmux.1 | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index cf244782..a20b8341 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -2153,8 +2153,11 @@ may use the terminal alternate screen feature, which allows the
 and
 .Em rmcup
 .Xr terminfo 5
-capabilities to be issued to preserve the existing window content on start and
-restore it on exit.
+capabilities.
+The alternate screen feature preserves the contents of the window when an
+interactive application starts and restores it on exit, so that any output
+visible before the application starts reappears unchanged after it exits.
+The default is on.
 .Pp
 .It Xo Ic automatic-rename
 .Op Ic on | off