.\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution.
-.TH EMACSCLIENT 1 "2020-10-15" "GNU Emacs" "GNU"
+.TH EMACSCLIENT 1 "2020-10-18" "GNU Emacs" "GNU"
.\" NAME should be all caps, SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
.\" other params are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
.SH NAME
This option applies only to the next file specified.
.TP
.B \-a, \-\-alternate-editor=COMMAND
-if the Emacs server is not running, run the specified shell command instead.
+If the Emacs server is not running, run the specified shell command instead.
This can also be specified via the ALTERNATE_EDITOR environment variable.
If the value of ALTERNATE_EDITOR is the empty string, run "emacs \-\-daemon" to
start Emacs in daemon mode, and try to connect to it.
.TP
.B -c, \-\-create-frame
-create a new frame instead of trying to use the current Emacs frame
+Create a new frame instead of trying to use the current Emacs frame.
.TP
.B \-F, \-\-frame-parameters=ALIST
-set the parameters of a newly-created frame.
+Set the parameters of a newly-created frame.
.TP
.B \-d, \-\-display=DISPLAY
-tell the server to display the files on the given display.
+Tell the server to display the files on the given display.
.TP
.B \-e, \-\-eval
-do not visit files but instead evaluate the arguments as Emacs
+Do not visit files but instead evaluate the arguments as Emacs
Lisp expressions.
.TP
.B \-f, \-\-server-file=FILENAME
-use TCP configuration file FILENAME for communication.
+Use TCP configuration file FILENAME for communication.
This can also be specified via the EMACS_SERVER_FILE environment variable.
.TP
.B \-n, \-\-no-wait
-returns
+Return
immediately without waiting for you to "finish" the buffer in Emacs.
If combined with --eval, this option is ignored.
.TP
.B \-nw, \-t, \-\-tty
-open a new Emacs frame on the current terminal
+Open a new Emacs frame on the current terminal.
.TP
.B \-s, \-\-socket-name=FILENAME
-use socket named FILENAME for communication.
+Use socket named FILENAME for communication.
This can also be specified via the EMACS_SOCKET_NAME environment variable.
.TP
.B \-V, \-\-version
-print version information and exit
+Print version information and exit.
.TP
.B \-H, \-\-help
-print this usage information message and exit
+Print this usage information message and exit.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
Normally, the exit status is 0. If emacsclient shuts down due to
Emacs signaling an error, the exit status is 1.