diff --git a/usr.orca.bin/describe/Makefile b/usr.orca.bin/describe/Makefile
index 048e795..599bb13 100644
--- a/usr.orca.bin/describe/Makefile
+++ b/usr.orca.bin/describe/Makefile
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ LDLIBS	+=
 
 # If this is not part of the GNO builds, RELEASE_DIR is not defined
 # so things get installed in a live file system instead.
-BINDIR		= $(RELEASE_DIR)/usr/bin
-SBINDIR		= $(RELEASE_DIR)/usr/sbin
-MANDIR		= $(RELEASE_DIR)/usr/man
+BINDIR		= /usr/bin
+SBINDIR		= /usr/sbin
+MANDIR		= /usr/man
+RELBIN		= $(RELEASE_DIR)$(BINDIR)
+RELSBIN		= $(RELEASE_DIR)$(SBINDIR)
+RELMAN		= $(RELEASE_DIR)$(MANDIR)
 
 # If you have an old copy of GNO's libc, you may need to compile basename.c
 # yourself.  (As of v2.0.6, it's part of the standard libc.)  vaend.c may
@@ -61,13 +64,18 @@ descc.o:: desc.h
 describe.o:: desc.h
 descu.o:: desc.h
 
-install release:
-	$(INSTALL) -d $(BINDIR) $(SBINDIR) $(MANDIR)/man1 $(MANDIR)/man8
+release:
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(RELBIN) $(RELSBIN) $(RELMAN)/man1 $(RELMAN)/man8
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESC_DIR)
-	$(INSTALL) describe   $(BINDIR)
-	$(INSTALL) descc      $(SBINDIR)
-	$(INSTALL) descu      $(SBINDIR)
-	$(INSTALL) describe.1 $(MANDIR)/man1
-	$(INSTALL) descc.8    $(MANDIR)/man8
-	$(INSTALL) descu.8    $(MANDIR)/man8
+	$(INSTALL) describe        $(RELBIN)
+	$(INSTALL) descc descu     $(RELSBIN)
+	$(INSTALL) describe.1      $(RELMAN)/man1
+	$(INSTALL) descc.8 descu.8 $(RELMAN)/man8
 	./descu -o $(DESC_SRC) $(DESC_SRC) $(DESC_FILES)
+
+install:
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(BINDIR) $(SBINDIR) $(MANDIR)/man1 $(MANDIR)/man8
+	$(INSTALL) describe        $(BINDIR)
+	$(INSTALL) descc descu     $(SBINDIR)
+	$(INSTALL) describe.1      $(MANDIR)/man1
+	$(INSTALL) descc.8 descu.8 $(MANDIR)/man8
diff --git a/usr.orca.bin/describe/descc.8 b/usr.orca.bin/describe/descc.8
index e80c911..8da2a72 100644
--- a/usr.orca.bin/describe/descc.8
+++ b/usr.orca.bin/describe/descc.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"
-.\" $Id: descc.8,v 1.4 1997/09/24 06:34:57 gdr Exp $
+.\" $Id: descc.8,v 1.5 1997/10/30 04:19:10 gdr Exp $
 .\"
 .TH DESCC 8 "22 September 1997" GNO "System Administration"
 .SH NAME
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ in the following format:
 
 .fi
 .SH FILES
-.IP \fB/usr/lib/describe\fR
+.IP \fB/usr/lib/describe.db\fR
 The system
 .B describe
 database. If the environment variable
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ is set, its value will be used instead.
 Full path to the system describe database. If
 .B DESCDB
 is set, its value is used instead of the default location
-.BR /usr/lib/describe .
+.BR /usr/lib/describe.db .
 .SH AUTHOR    
 James Brookes <jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu>.
 .SH HISTORY
diff --git a/usr.orca.bin/describe/describe.1 b/usr.orca.bin/describe/describe.1
index 1a30b49..4526ab9 100644
--- a/usr.orca.bin/describe/describe.1
+++ b/usr.orca.bin/describe/describe.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"
-.\" $Id: describe.1,v 1.4 1997/09/24 06:34:58 gdr Exp $
+.\" $Id: describe.1,v 1.5 1997/10/30 04:19:10 gdr Exp $
 .\"
 .TH DESCRIBE 1 "22 September 1997" GNO "Commands and Applications"
 .SH NAME
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ uses a database compiled by
 \fB-V\fR	Show version information.
 .fi
 .SH FILES
-.IP \fB/usr/lib/describe\fR
+.IP \fB/usr/lib/describe.db\fR
 The system
 .B describe
 database. If the environment variable
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ is set, its value will be used instead.
 Full path to the system describe database. If
 .B DESCDB
 is set, its value is used instead of the default location
-.BR /usr/lib/describe .
+.BR /usr/lib/describe.db .
 .SH AUTHOR
 James Brookes <jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu>.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
diff --git a/usr.orca.bin/describe/descu.c b/usr.orca.bin/describe/descu.c
index fee2cad..6902f9e 100644
--- a/usr.orca.bin/describe/descu.c
+++ b/usr.orca.bin/describe/descu.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * Copyright 1995-1997 by Devin Reade for James Brookes' describe(1) utility.
  * See the included README file and man page for details.
  *
- * $Id: descu.c,v 1.4 1997/09/24 06:34:58 gdr Exp $
+ * $Id: descu.c,v 1.5 1997/10/30 04:19:10 gdr Exp $
  */
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ inhale (char *pathname) {
 descEntry *
 extract_info(char *source) {
 
-  char *p;
+  char *p, *q, *r;
   descEntry *entry;
 
   if ((entry = malloc(sizeof(descEntry))) == NULL) {
@@ -166,6 +166,49 @@ extract_info(char *source) {
   do { --p; } while (isspace(*p));
   *(p+1) = '\0';
 
+  /* drop trailing blank lines, except for one */
+  p = r = entry->data;
+  p += strlen(p);
+  q = p - 1;
+  while ((q >= r) && isspace(*q)) {
+	*q-- = '\0';
+  }
+  q++;
+  if (q < p) {
+	*q++ = '\n';
+  }
+#if 0
+  if (q < p) {
+	*q++ = '\n';
+  }
+#endif
+  if (q < p) {
+	*q = '\0';
+  }
+
+  /* eliminate whitespace at the beginning of lines */
+  p = entry->data;
+  for (;;) {
+	/* skip to next newline */
+  	while (*p && *p != '\n') p++;
+	if (*p == '\0') break;
+        p++;
+	while (*p == '\n') p++;
+	if (!isspace(*p)) continue;
+
+	/* move q to first non-whitespace character */
+	q = p;
+	while (isspace(*q)) q++;
+	if (*q == '\0') break;
+	
+	/* shift the buffer */
+	r = p;
+	while (*q) {
+		*r++ = *q++;
+	}
+	*r = '\0';
+  }
+
   return entry;
 }