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Computers have it right... eg:

Code:
man man
Reformatting man(1), please wait...

MAN(1)                        Manual pager utils                        MAN(1)

NAME
       man - an interface to the on-line reference manuals

SYNOPSIS
       man  [-c|-w|-tZ]  [-H[browser]] [-T[device]] [-adhu7V] [-i|-I] [-m sys‐
       tem[,...]] [-L locale] [-p string] [-C file] [-M path] [-P  pager]  [-r
       prompt] [-S list] [-e extension] [[section] page ...] ...
       man -l [-7] [-tZ] [-H[browser]] [-T[device]] [-p string] [-P pager] [-r
       prompt] file ...
       man -k [apropos options] regexp ...
       man -f [whatis options] page ...

DESCRIPTION
       man is the system’s manual pager. Each page argument given  to  man  is
       normally  the  name of a program, utility or function.  The manual page
       associated with each of these arguments is then found and displayed.  A
       section,  if  provided, will direct man to look only in that section of
       the manual.  The default action is to search in all  of  the  available
       sections, following a pre-defined order and to show only the first page
       found, even if page exists in several sections.
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Now check this out...

Code:
@catshadow:~$ man woman
No manual entry for woman
Coincidence? I think not....
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