diff --git a/doc/patool.1 b/doc/patool.1
index 7253abe..9cf9bce 100644
--- a/doc/patool.1
+++ b/doc/patool.1
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 .\" GNU General Public License for more details.
 .\"
-.TH PATOOL "1" "February 2013" "patool"
+.TH PATOOL "1" "July 2013" "patool"
 .SH NAME
 patool - portable archive file manager
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ For example:
   \fBpatool \-\-help\fP - display help for patool
   \fBpatool extract \-\-help\fP - display help for the extract command
 .SH SHELL ALIASES
-Aliases save some typing:
+When running under a Unix shell the following aliases can be defined to save some typing:
   \fBalias pl='patool list'\fP
   \fBalias px='patool extract'\fP
   \fBalias pc='patool create'\fP
diff --git a/doc/patool.txt b/doc/patool.txt
index 2c614aa..6ab5a79 100644
--- a/doc/patool.txt
+++ b/doc/patool.txt
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ HELP OPTION
          patool extract --help - display help for the extract command
 
 SHELL ALIASES
-       Aliases save some typing:
+       When running under a Unix shell the following  aliases  can  be
+       defined to save some typing:
          alias pl='patool list'
          alias px='patool extract'
          alias pc='patool create'
@@ -149,4 +150,4 @@ COPYRIGHT
 
 
 
-patool                       February 2013                   PATOOL(1)
+patool                         July 2013                     PATOOL(1)