3 files changed, 23 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/scons-time.1 b/doc/man/scons-time.1
index 8231c9d..36b3eb6 100644
--- a/doc/man/scons-time.1
+++ b/doc/man/scons-time.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 The SCons Foundation
+.\" Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 The SCons Foundation
 .\"
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 .\" a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 .\" OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 .\" WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.\" doc/man/scons-time.1 4577 2009/12/27 19:44:43 scons
+.\" doc/man/scons-time.1 4629 2010/01/17 22:23:21 scons
 .\"
 .\" ES - Example Start - indents and turns off line fill
 .de ES
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 [\fB--which=\fIWHICH\fR]
 [\fIARGUMENTS\fR]
 ..
-.TH SCONS-TIME 1 "December 2009"
+.TH SCONS-TIME 1 "January 2010"
 .SH NAME
 scons-time \- generate and display SCons timing information
 '\"==========================================================================
diff --git a/doc/man/scons.1 b/doc/man/scons.1
index f57169b..5d0f15d 100644
--- a/doc/man/scons.1
+++ b/doc/man/scons.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 The SCons Foundation
+.\" Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 The SCons Foundation
 .\"
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 .\" a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 .\" OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 .\" WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.\" doc/man/scons.1 4577 2009/12/27 19:44:43 scons
+.\" doc/man/scons.1 4629 2010/01/17 22:23:21 scons
 .\"
-.TH SCONS 1 "December 2009"
+.TH SCONS 1 "January 2010"
 .\" ES - Example Start - indents and turns off line fill
 .rm ES
 .de ES
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The
 .I SConstruct
 file can specify subsidiary
 configuration files using the
-.B SConscript()
+.BR SConscript ()
 function.
 By convention,
 these subsidiary files are named
@@ -5321,17 +5321,24 @@ The
 '\" .I src_dir
 '\" arguments are interpreted relative to the directory of the calling
 argument is interpreted relative to the directory of the calling
-.BR SConscript file.
+.B SConscript
+file.
 See the description of the
 .BR VariantDir ()
 function below for additional details and restrictions.
 
 If
-'\" .IR variant_dir " is present, but"
+.I variant_dir
+is present,
+'\" but
 '\" .IR src_dir " is not,"
-.IR variant_dir " is present,"
-the source directory is relative to the called
-.BR SConscript " file."
+the source directory is the directory in which the
+.B SConscript
+file resides and the
+.B SConscript
+file is evaluated as if it were in the
+.I variant_dir
+directory:
 .ES
 SConscript('src/SConscript', variant_dir = 'build')
 .EE
@@ -5342,7 +5349,7 @@ SConscript('build/SConscript')
 .EE
 This later paradigm is often used when the sources are
 in the same directory as the
-.BR SConstruct file:
+.BR SConstruct:
 .ES
 SConscript('SConscript', variant_dir = 'build')
 .EE
diff --git a/doc/man/sconsign.1 b/doc/man/sconsign.1
index 6694784..51d7326 100644
--- a/doc/man/sconsign.1
+++ b/doc/man/sconsign.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 The SCons Foundation
+.\" Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 The SCons Foundation
 .\"
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 .\" a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 .\" OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 .\" WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.\" doc/man/sconsign.1 4577 2009/12/27 19:44:43 scons
+.\" doc/man/sconsign.1 4629 2010/01/17 22:23:21 scons
 .\"
 .\" ES - Example Start - indents and turns off line fill
 .de ES
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .RE
 .fi
 ..
-.TH SCONSIGN 1 "December 2009"
+.TH SCONSIGN 1 "January 2010"
 .SH NAME
 sconsign \- print SCons .sconsign file information
 .SH SYNOPSIS