man-pages.7: Note rules for capitalization in NAME section

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 7176ba398929d4e89b916644be1fa535fa6c3ab5..c28c9748c4d8b6a997467219bd02eb27aea291f8 100644 (file)
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\" 2007-05-30 created by mtk, using text from old man.7 plus
 .\" rewrites and additional text.
 .\"
-.TH MAN-PAGES 7 2012-10-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH MAN-PAGES 7 2012-10-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 man-pages \- conventions for writing Linux man pages
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ See
 .BR man (7)
 for important details of the line(s) that should follow the
 \fB.SH NAME\fP command.
+All words in this line (including the word immediately
+following the "\\\-") should be in lowercase,
+except where English or technical terminological convention
+dictates otherwise.
 .TP
 .B SYNOPSIS
 briefly describes the command or function's interface.