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diff --git a/hacks/phosphor.man b/hacks/phosphor.man
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--- a/hacks/phosphor.man
+++ b/hacks/phosphor.man
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+.de EX         \"Begin example
+.ne 5
+.if n .sp 1
+.if t .sp .5
+.nf
+.in +.5i
+..
+.de EE
+.fi
+.in -.5i
+.if n .sp 1
+.if t .sp .5
+..
 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "30-Oct-99" "X Version 11"
 .SH NAME
 phosphor - simulates an old terminal with long-sustain phosphor
@@ -8,7 +21,7 @@ phosphor - simulates an old terminal with long-sustain phosphor
 [\-ticks \fIint\fP] [\-delay \fIusecs\fP] [\-program \fIcommand\fP]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The \fIphosphor\fP program draws text on the screen in a very large 
-pixellated font that looks like an old low resolution dumb tty.  The
+pixelated font that looks like an old low resolution dumb tty.  The
 pixels flare and fade out as if the phosphor was very long-sustain.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .I phosphor
@@ -28,7 +41,7 @@ Specify which visual to use.  Legal values are the name of a visual class,
 or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
 .TP 8
 .B \-font \fIfont-name\fP
-The X font to use.  Phosphor can take any font and scale it up to pixellate
+The X font to use.  Phosphor can take any font and scale it up to pixelate
 it.  The default is \fIfixed\fP.
 .TP 8
 .B \-scale \fIint\fP
@@ -61,6 +74,12 @@ In other words, programs like
 will work, but programs like
 .BR top (1)
 won't.
+
+Here's a good trick, to get phosphor to display recent web search terms:
+.EX
+phosphor -program \\
+  'wget -qO- http://webcrawler.com/cgi-bin/SearchTicker'
+.EE
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .PP
 .TP 8
@@ -71,6 +90,7 @@ to get the default host and display number.
 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
 .SH SEE ALSO
+.BR wget (1),
 .BR X (1),
 .BR xscreensaver (1)
 .SH COPYRIGHT