diff --git a/man8/prt-auf.8 b/man8/prt-auf.8
index 3a40888..deb95cd 100644
--- a/man8/prt-auf.8
+++ b/man8/prt-auf.8
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ non-zero value otherwise. A typical usage is:
 prt\-auf uses so\-called subcommands, which always have to be the first 
 non-option argument passed. This is very similar to
 .B git(1).
-[subcommand] can be one of the following:
+
+\fBsubcommand\fP can be one of the following:
 
 .TP 
 .B install [\-\-margs=] [\-\-aargs=] <package1> [<package2> ...]
@@ -93,8 +94,8 @@ bring all the listed packages and their dependencies up to date. Among 'install'
 and 'grpinst', this action is the most permissive, exempting from updates only the locked
 ports in the dependency chain. You might use 'install' instead if you want a speedier
 compilation time, but if any dependencies have a rapid release cycle and you haven't updated in a
-while, there is no guarantee that your old installed version will work when building your desired
-package.
+while, there is no guarantee that your old installed dependency will provide all the functionality
+needed by the desired package.
 
 .TP 
 .B grpinst [\-\-margs=] [\-\-aargs=] <package1> [<package2> ...]
@@ -165,11 +166,15 @@ spend this time once after updating the ports tree has been updated.
 .TP 
 .B fsearch [\-\-path] [\-\-regex] <pattern>
 Search the ports tree for file names that match \fBpattern\fP.
-Pattern should be a Perl-compatible regular expression (e.g. prt-auf fsearch
---regex 'liblz(o2|ma).*') unless it contains no metacharacters (such as: +,
-*, ., / ), in which case you can omit the \-\-regex switch. The full path is
-\fInot\fP stripped from the footprint before matching, so if you're looking for
-a filename that begins with 'liblz', you should use '\\/liblz' rather than '^liblz'.
+
+.SH ""
+
+When using the --regex switch with 'search', 'dsearch', or 'fsearch', \fIpattern\fP should be a
+Perl-compatible regular expression (e.g. prt-auf fsearch --regex 'liblz(o2|ma).*'). You can omit
+the --regex switch if your search pattern contains no metacharacters (such as: +, *, ., / ). Shell
+globbing (with the * and ? wildcards) is \fINOT\fP supported. The 'fsearch' action looks for matches
+against the full path, not just the filename, so if you're looking for a filename that begins
+with 'liblz', you should use '\\/liblz' rather than '^liblz'.
 
 .TP 
 .B info <port>
@@ -369,15 +374,15 @@ that <package1> is not installed. Also takes more than one package as
 argument.
 
 .TP
-.B ls [--path] <package>
+.B ls [--path] <port>
 Prints out a listing of the port's directory
 
 .TP
-.B cat <package> [<file>]
+.B cat <port> [<file>]
 Prints out the file to stdout. If <file> is not specified, 'Pkgfile' is used. If set, uses $PAGER.
 
 .TP
-.B edit <package> [<file>]
+.B edit <port> [<file>]
 Edit the file using the editor specified in the $EDITOR environment variable.
 If <file> is not specified, 'Pkgfile' is used.
 
@@ -513,7 +518,7 @@ also where the verbose switch (-v|-vv) is taken into account, appending to each
 Although taking inspiration from \fBprt\-get\fP for its interface and configuration, \fBprt\-auf\fP
 diverges from its predecessor in a few notable ways. Some of these differences are mere omissions,
 which can easily be incorporated at a later date. Long-time users of \fBprt\-get\fP will quickly
-notice the following differences:
+observe the following differences:
 .PP
 .TP 
 \ \ \ \(bu mixed install/update mode. Packages given on the command line can be present or not, and
@@ -566,7 +571,13 @@ rather than passing the "--ignore" option and letting the error go uncorrected.
 was satisfied by a manual installation outside of pkgutils, a better response is to make a dummy
 port and create an entry in the aliases file. That way prt-auf will treat the dependency as
 satisfied for any subsequent installations on the same machine, and passing the "--ignore" option
-will be unnecessary for all future ports with the same dependency.
+will be unnecessary for all future ports with the same dependency. The canonical example of a line
+in the aliases file is
+.TP
+\ \ \ \ \ rust-bin: rust
+
+which tells \fBprt\-auf\fP that an installed copy of rust-bin is sufficient to proceed with the
+compilation of a port that mentions rust in its "Depends on" line.
 
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 .TP 
diff --git a/scripts/prt-auf b/scripts/prt-auf
index c565be1..79e3e0b 100755
--- a/scripts/prt-auf
+++ b/scripts/prt-auf
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ if (($action =~ /^(listinst|listorphans)/)
   my @fields = ("Name", "Repository", "Version", "Release", "Description",
      "Dependencies", "URL", "Packager", "Maintainer",
      "Readme", "PreInstall", "PostInstall");
-  $results[1] =~ s/^(.*)\/.*$/$1/;
   for (my $i=0; $i<7; $i++) { printf $strf, $fields[$i], $results[$i]; }
   printf $strf, $fields[8], $results[8];
 } elsif ($action eq "remove") {
@@ -376,7 +375,7 @@ sub get_pkgfile_fields {
   $readme = "yes" if (-f "$portpath/README") or (-f "$portpath/README.md");
   $preInstall = "yes" if (-f "$portpath/pre-install");
   $postInstall = "yes" if (-f "$portpath/post-install");
-  $portpath =~ s/\/[a-zA-Z0-9]+$//;
+  $portpath =~ s/\/[^\/]+?$//; # now it should be called repository path
 
   open(PF,$pkgfile) or die "Cannot open $pkgfile for reading!\n";
   while (<PF>) {
@@ -741,7 +740,7 @@ sub sysup {
 sub find_built_pkg {
   my $target = shift; my $CONF="/etc/pkgmk.conf"; local $/="\n";
   my $COMPRESSION; my $PKG_DIR; my $portpath = (find_port_by_name($target,1,1,0));
-  my ($version, $release) = (get_pkgfile_fields($portpath))[0..1];
+  my ($version, $release) = (get_pkgfile_fields($portpath))[0,1];
 
   open (CF,$CONF) or return;
   while (<CF>) {