diff -urNad aterm-0.4.2/doc/aterm.1 /tmp/dpep.SAKh5b/aterm-0.4.2/doc/aterm.1
--- aterm-0.4.2/doc/aterm.1	2005-03-29 15:58:53.000000000 +0200
+++ doc/aterm.1	2005-03-29 16:06:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -255,9 +255,12 @@
 .IP 
 .SH "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)" 
 .PP 
-\fBaterm\fP accepts application defaults set in XAPPLOADDIR/aterm (compile-time
-defined: usually \fB/etc/X11/Xresources/aterm\fP) and resources set in
-\fB~/\&.Xdefaults\fP or \fB~/\&.Xresources\fP\&.  Note that when reading X resources,
+.\" \fBaterm\fP accepts application defaults set in XAPPLOADDIR/aterm (compile-time
+.\" defined: usually \fB/etc/X11/Xresources/aterm\fP) and resources set in
+.\" \fB~/\&.Xdefaults\fP or \fB~/\&.Xresources\fP\&.
+\fBaterm\fP accepts application defaults from the X server resource database.
+\fBxrdb\fP is used to update this database.
+Note that when reading X resources,
 \fBaterm\fP recognizes two class names: \fBXTerm\fP and \fBAterm\fP\&.  The class name
 \fBXTerm\fP allows resources common to both \fBaterm\fP and \fIxterm\fP to be easily
 configured, while the class name \fBAterm\fP allows resources unique to \fBaterm\fP,