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--- a/doc/tar.texi
+++ b/doc/tar.texi
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
 This file documents GNU @code{tar}, a utility used to store, backup, and
 transport files.
 
-Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ by the Foundation.
 
 @page
 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software
+Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 Free Software
 Foundation, Inc.
 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ consulting.  In particular, he is the primary author of @ref{Backups}.
 @cindex bug reports
 @cindex reporting bugs
 If you find problems or have suggestions about this program or manual,
-please report them to @file{bug-gnu-utils@@prep.ai.mit.edu}.
+please report them to @file{tar-bugs@@gnu.org}.
 
 @node Tutorial, tar invocation, Introduction, Top
 @chapter Tutorial Introduction to @code{tar}
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ device, such as a tape drive.  However, some of the later examples in
 the tutorial and next chapter will not work on tape drives.
 Additionally, working with tapes is much more complicated than working
 with hard disks.  For these reasons, the tutorial does not cover working
-with tape drives.  @xref{Media} for complete information on using
+with tape drives.  @xref{Media}, for complete information on using
 @code{tar} archives with tape drives.
 
 @FIXME{this is a cop out.  need to add some simple tape drive info.}
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ short forms.  With short forms, if you type commands in the wrong order
 (even if you type them correctly in all other ways), you may end up with
 results you don't expect.  For this reason, it is a good idea to get
 into the habit of typing options in the order that makes inherent sense.
-@xref{short create} for more information on this.
+@xref{short create}, for more information on this.
 
 In this example, you type the command as shown above: @samp{--create}
 is the operation which creates the new archive
@@ -3640,7 +3640,7 @@ The newest version of @file{blues} is now at the end of the archive
 (note the different creation dates and file sizes).  If you extract
 the archive, the older version of the file @file{blues} will be
 overwritten by the newer version.  You can confirm this by extracting
-the archive and running @samp{ls} on the directory.  @xref{Writing}
+the archive and running @samp{ls} on the directory.  @xref{Writing},
 for more information.  (@emph{Please note:} This is the case unless
 you employ the @value{op-backup} option; @FIXME-ref{Multiple Members
 with the Same Name}.)
@@ -3710,7 +3710,7 @@ updating it.
 
 (The reason @code{tar} does not overwrite the older file when updating
 it is because writing to the middle of a section of tape is a difficult
-process.  Tapes are not designed to go backward.  @xref{Media} for more
+process.  Tapes are not designed to go backward.  @xref{Media}, for more
 information about tapes.
 
 @value{op-update} is not suitable for performing backups for two
@@ -3804,7 +3804,7 @@ from the target archive before each new archive is appended.  If you use
 @code{cat} to combine the archives, the result will not be a valid
 @code{tar} format archive.  If you need to retrieve files from an
 archive that was added to using the @code{cat} utility, use the
-@value{op-ignore-zeros} option.  @xref{Ignore Zeros} for further
+@value{op-ignore-zeros} option.  @xref{Ignore Zeros}, for further
 information on dealing with archives improperly combined using the
 @code{cat} shell utility.
 
@@ -6036,6 +6036,9 @@ or @samp{p.m.}), @var{hour} is restricted to run from 1 to 12, and
 indicates the first half of the day, @samp{pm} indicates the second
 half of the day.  In this notation, 12 is the predecessor of 1:
 midnight is @samp{12am} while noon is @samp{12pm}.
+(This is the zero-oriented interpretation of @samp{12am} and @samp{12pm},
+as opposed to the old tradition derived from Latin
+which uses @samp{12m} for noon and @samp{12pm} for midnight.)
 
 @cindex timezone correction
 @cindex minutes, timezone correction by