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 doc/bash.1 | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/bash.1 b/doc/bash.1
index 5227ae7e..2a83544d 100644
--- a/doc/bash.1
+++ b/doc/bash.1
@@ -13496,6 +13496,7 @@ .SH AUTHORS
 .br
 [email protected]
 .SH BUG REPORTS
+.SH "BUG REPORTS"
 If you find a bug in
 .BR bash ,
 you should report it.  But first, you should
@@ -13504,7 +13505,7 @@ .SH BUG REPORTS
 .BR bash .
 The latest version is always available from
 \fIftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/\fP and
-\fIhttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/snapshot/bash-master.tar.gz\fP.
+\fIhttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/snapshot/bash\-master.tar.gz\fP.
 .PP
 Once you have determined that a bug actually exists, use the
 .I bashbug
@@ -13512,34 +13513,67 @@ .SH BUG REPORTS
 If you have a fix, you are encouraged to mail that as well!
 You may send suggestions and
 .Q philosophical
-bug reports to \[email protected]\fP or post them to the Usenet
+bug reports to \fIbug\[email protected]\fP or post them to the
+.SM USENET
 newsgroup
 .BR gnu.bash.bug .
 .PP
-ALL bug reports should include:
+.I All
+bug reports should include:
 .PP
 .PD 0
-.TP 20
-The version number of \fBbash\fP
-.TP
-The hardware and operating system
-.TP
-The compiler used to compile
-.TP
-A description of the bug behavior
-.TP
-A short script or \c
-.Q recipe " \c"
-which exercises the bug
+.IP \(bu 2n
+the version number of
+.B bash
+(\c
+.Q "echo $BASH_VERSION"\c
+),
+.IP \(bu
+the host platform and operating system
+(\c
+.Q "uname \-a"\c
+),
+.IP \(bu
+either
+.RS 4n
+.IP (a) 4n
+if your site built
+.B bash
+from source,
+the name and version of the compiler used to build it,
+reported by
+.BR bash 's
+.QN configure
+script;
+or
+.IP (b)
+if your site uses a distributor's
+.B bash
+package,
+the version of that package
+(for example,
+.Q "dpkg \-i bash"
+or
+.Q "rpm \-qi bash"\c
+),
+.RE
+.IP \(bu
+a description of the behavior
+.B bash
+exhibited,
+.IP \(bu
+a description of the behavior you expected from
+.BR bash ,
+and
+.IP \(bu
+a short shell script or
+.Q recipe
+exercising the unexpected behavior.
 .PD
 .PP
 .I bashbug
-inserts the first three items automatically into the template
-it provides for filing a bug report.
-.PP
-Comments and bug reports concerning
-this manual page should be directed to
-.IR [email protected] .
+populates the first three foregoing items
+in the bug report template it provides.
 .SH BUGS
 It's too big and too slow.
 .PP
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