diff --git a/man/link.1 b/man/link.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9329e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/link.1
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+.oh '11/3/70''LINK(I)'
+.ta 18 30
+NAME	link -- link to a file
+.sp
+.in 0
+SYNOPSIS
+.in 8
+.ul
+link
+file
+.sp
+.ul
+link
+srcdir file
+.sp
+.ul
+link
+srcdir file name
+.sp
+.in 0
+DESCRIPTION
+.in 8
+With one argument makes a link to file in system directory.
+.sp
+With two arguments, makes a link to file in srcdir.
+.sp
+With three arguments, make name a link to file in srcdir.
+.sp
+.in 0
+FILES	--
+.sp
+SEE ALSO	ln
+.sp
+BUGS	--
+.sp
+OWNER	ken, dmr
diff --git a/man/ln.1 b/man/ln.1
index 207f5b0..9d3d83c 100644
--- a/man/ln.1
+++ b/man/ln.1
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ NAME	ln -- link to a file
 SYNOPSIS	
 .ul
 ln
-name1 name2
+srcdir file ..
 .sp
-DESCRIPTION	ln adds another filename to the first filename
+DESCRIPTION	make links in current dir to named files in srcdir
 .sp
 FILES	--
 .sp
-SEE ALSO	--
+SEE ALSO	link
 .sp
 DIAGNOSTICS	"twofiles"	- please provide two filenames
 	"? file"	- unable to make the link
 .sp
 BUGS	--
 .sp
-OWNER	wkt
+OWNER	ken, dmr
diff --git a/man/ls.1 b/man/ls.1
index c2f594e..eec627c 100644
--- a/man/ls.1
+++ b/man/ls.1
@@ -2,21 +2,19 @@
 .ta 18 21 24
 NAME	ls -- list contents of directory
 .sp
-SYNOPSIS	ls [ -l ] directory
+SYNOPSIS	ls [directory]
 .sp
 DESCRIPTION	
 .ul
 ls
-lists the contents of the named directory
-	under control of one option:
+lists the contents of the current,
+or named directory.
 .sp
-		l	list in long format, giving i-number,
-			mode, owner, size in words, and name of
-			each file. (see
+.ul
+list
+lists details in the format of
 .ul
 stat
-for format of the
-			mode). Numeric values are in octal.
 .sp
 FILES	--
 .sp
@@ -29,16 +27,13 @@ BUGS	In a simulated environment, a filename larger
 	than eight characters will cause
 .ul
 ls
-to exit
-	prematurely.
+	to exit	prematurely.
 .sp
 	
 .ul
 ls
-will try to open up a directory named "." if
-	no directory is named. If the user desires this
-	functionality, they need to link "." to the
-	directory in question.
+will try to open up a directory named ".." if
+	no directory is named.
 
 .sp
-OWNER	wkt
+OWNER	ken, dmr
diff --git a/man/stat.1 b/man/stat.1
index 817e11f..0851d24 100644
--- a/man/stat.1
+++ b/man/stat.1
@@ -10,52 +10,44 @@ name
 DESCRIPTION	
 .ul
 stat
-gives several kinds of information about
-	one file:
+gives several kinds of information about one file.
 .sp
-		access mode
-		number of links
-		owner
-		size in words
-		name
+.nf
+	i-number
+	flags
+	owner
+	links
+	size
 .sp
-	All information is self-explanatory except the
-	mode. The mode is a five-character string whose
-	characters mean the following:
+flag bits are:
+.nf
+.in 8
+40   special file
+20   directory
+10   read, owner
+04   write, owner
+02   read, non-owner
+01   write, non-owner
+.in 8
 .sp
-		1	s: file is small (smaller than 448 words)
-			l: file is large
-			d: file is a directory
-.sp
-		2	r: owner can read
-			-: owner cannot read
-.sp
-		3	w: owner can write
-			-: owner cannot write
-.sp
-		4	r: non-owner can read
-			-: non-owner cannot read
-.sp
-		5	w: non-owner can write
-			-: non-owner cannot write
-.sp
-	All numeric values are printed in octal.
+All values are printed in octal.
+.in 0
 .sp
 FILES	--
 .sp
-SEE ALSO	
+SEE ALSO
+.in 8
 .ul
-ls
-with the -l option gives the same information
-	as
+list
+shows all files in a directory in the same format as
 .ul
-stat,
-except that it also shows the i-node
-	number for each file.
+stat.
+.in 0
 .sp
 DIAGNOSTICS	"name  ?" for any error. "nofiles" if no file
 	name is given.
 .sp
 BUGS	none
 .sp
-OWNER	wkt
+OWNER	ken, dmr
+