-.TH SIC 1 sic-0.0
+.TH SIC 1 sic-VERSION
.SH NAME
sic \- simple irc client
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sic
-.RB \-a
-.IR address
+.RB [ \-h
+.IR host ]
+.RB [ \-p
+.IR port ]
.RB [ \-n
.IR nick ]
-.RB [ \-f
-.IR fullname ]
-.RB [ \-p
-.IR password ]
+.RB [ \-k
+.IR pass ]
.RB [ \-v ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B sic
-is an extremly fast, small and simple irc client. It reads commands from
-standard input and prints all server output to standard output. It multiplexes
-also all channel traffic into one output, that you don't have to switch
-different channel buffers, that's actually a feature.
+is an extremely fast, small and simple irc client. It reads commands from
+standard input and prints all server output to standard output. It also
+multiplexes all channel traffic into one output. That way you don't have to
+switch different channel buffers. So that's actually a feature.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.BI \-a " address "
-Lets you specify the address which
-.B sic
-uses to listen for connections. The syntax for
-.I address
-is taken (along with many other profound ideas) from the Plan 9 operating
-system and has the form
-.B tcp!hostname!port
-for tcp sockets.
-.BI \-p " password"
-Specifies the password to authenticate the nick on the server.
-.TP
-.BI \-n " nick "
-Specifies the nick name (default: $USER).
-.TP
-.BI \-f " fullname "
-Specifies the full name.
-.BI \-v
-Prints version information to standard output, then exits.
+.BI \-h " host"
+Overrides the default host (irc.oftc.net)
+.TP
+.BI \-p " port"
+Overrides the default port (6667)
+.TP
+.BI \-n " nick"
+Override the default nick ($USER)
+.TP
+.BI \-k " pass"
+Specifies the PASS connection password
+.TP
+.B \-v
+Prints version information to stderr, then exits
.SH COMMANDS
.TP
-.FN /j " #channel/user "
-join/query a channel/user
+.BI :j " #channel"
+Join a channel
.TP
-.FN /l " #channel "
-leave a channel/query
+.BI :l " #channel"
+Leave a channel
.TP
-.FN /m " #channel/user msg "
-write a message to #channel/user
-.FN /t " topic"
-set the channel topic
+.BI :m " #channel/user message"
+Send a message to channel or user
.TP
-Everything which is not a command will simply be posted into the channel or to
-the server.
+.BI :s " #channel/user"
+Set default channel or user
.TP
+.BI : command
+Any line beginning with
+.B :
+is sent as a command