--- a/docs/man3/SDL_SetVideoMode.3	Thu Sep 13 16:41:03 2001 +0000
+++ b/docs/man3/SDL_SetVideoMode.3	Fri Sep 14 02:41:09 2001 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "SDL_SetVideoMode" "3" "Sun 10 Jun 2001, 19:42" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
+.TH "SDL_SetVideoMode" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
 .SH "NAME"
 SDL_SetVideoMode\- Set up a video mode with the specified width, height and bits-per-pixel\&.
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -21,25 +21,25 @@
 Create the video surface in video memory
 .TP 20
 \fBSDL_ASYNCBLIT\fP
-Enables the use of asynchronous to the display surface\&. This will usually slow down blitting on single CPU machines, but may provide a speed increase on SMP systems\&.
+Enables the use of asynchronous updates of the display surface\&. This will usually slow down blitting on single CPU machines, but may provide a speed increase on SMP systems\&.
 .TP 20
 \fBSDL_ANYFORMAT\fP
-Normally, if a video surface of the requested depth (\fBbpp\fR) is not available, SDL will emulate one with a shadow surface\&. Passing \fBSDL_ANYFORMAT\fP prevents this and causes SDL to use the video surface, regardless of its depth\&.
+Normally, if a video surface of the requested bits-per-pixel (\fBbpp\fR) is not available, SDL will emulate one with a shadow surface\&. Passing \fBSDL_ANYFORMAT\fP prevents this and causes SDL to use the video surface, regardless of its pixel depth\&.
 .TP 20
 \fBSDL_HWPALETTE\fP
-Give SDL exclusive palette access\&. Without this flag you may not always get the the colors you request with \fI\fBSDL_SetColors\fP\fR\&.
+Give SDL exclusive palette access\&. Without this flag you may not always get the the colors you request with \fI\fBSDL_SetColors\fP\fR or \fI\fBSDL_SetPalette\fP\fR\&.
 .TP 20
 \fBSDL_DOUBLEBUF\fP
-Enable double buffering; only valid with SDL_HWSURFACE\&. Calling \fI\fBSDL_Flip\fP\fR will flip the buffers and update the screen\&. If double buffering could not be enabled then \fBSDL_Flip\fP will just perform a \fI\fBSDL_UpdateRect\fP\fR on the entire screen\&.
+Enable hardware double buffering; only valid with SDL_HWSURFACE\&. Calling \fI\fBSDL_Flip\fP\fR will flip the buffers and update the screen\&. All drawing will take place on the surface that is not displayed at the moment\&. If double buffering could not be enabled then \fBSDL_Flip\fP will just perform a \fI\fBSDL_UpdateRect\fP\fR on the entire screen\&.
 .TP 20
 \fBSDL_FULLSCREEN\fP
-SDL will attempt to use a fullscreen mode
+SDL will attempt to use a fullscreen mode\&. If a hardware resolution change is not possible (for whatever reason), the next higher resolution will be used and the display window centered on a black background\&.
 .TP 20
 \fBSDL_OPENGL\fP
 Create an OpenGL rendering context\&. You should have previously set OpenGL video attributes with \fI\fBSDL_GL_SetAttribute\fP\fR\&.
 .TP 20
 \fBSDL_OPENGLBLIT\fP
-Create an OpenGL rendering context, like above, but allow normal blitting operations\&.
+Create an OpenGL rendering context, like above, but allow normal blitting operations\&. The screen (2D) surface may have an alpha channel, and \fI\fBSDL_UpdateRects\fP\fR must be used for updating changes to the screen surface\&.
 .TP 20
 \fBSDL_RESIZABLE\fP
 Create a resizable window\&. When the window is resized by the user a \fI\fBSDL_VIDEORESIZE\fP\fR event is generated and \fBSDL_SetVideoMode\fP can be called again with the new size\&.
@@ -52,10 +52,16 @@
 .PP
 Whatever \fBflags\fR \fBSDL_SetVideoMode\fP could satisfy are set in the \fBflags\fR member of the returned surface\&.
 .RE
+.PP
+.RS
+\fBNote:  
+.PP
+The \fBbpp\fR parameter is the number of bits per pixel, so a \fBbpp\fR of 24 uses the packed representation of 3 bytes/pixel\&. For the more common 4 bytes/pixel mode, use a \fBbpp\fR of 32\&. Somewhat oddly, both 15 and 16 will request a 2 bytes/pixel mode, but different pixel formats\&.
+.RE
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 .PP
-The framebuffer surface, or \fBNULL\fR if it fails\&.
+The framebuffer surface, or \fBNULL\fR if it fails\&. The surface returned is freed by SDL_Quit() and should nt be freed by the caller\&.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .PP
 \fI\fBSDL_LockSurface\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_SetColors\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_Flip\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_Surface\fR\fR
-...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Sun 10 Jun 2001, 19:42
+...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:01