Bug#87650: acknowledged by developer ([frankmurphy@fmailbox.com: Bug#87650: Fixed in 4.2.1-13])
This is just to confirm that it works for me too, even with the slightly earlier 4.2.1-12.1 version. I can't really tell what the problem or fix was, but I guess upstream took care of it. Thanks to all.
Bug#87650: Fixed in 4.2.1-13
Checked the manpage for fetchmail in xman version 3.1.6 that is in the xbase-clients package 4.2.1-13. It works as expected, showing the tables that the fetchmail manpage was using. Frank This was found at the Debian bug squashing party in Ecublens, Switzerland.