-w uses [[:<:]] and [[:>:]], not \< and \>,

and it's documented in re_format(7), not ex(1);

from jared yanovich;
ok beck@

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/grep/grep.1 b/usr.bin/grep/grep.1
index e65035bdec1..e7523ebeda6 100644
--- a/usr.bin/grep/grep.1
+++ b/usr.bin/grep/grep.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: grep.1,v 1.25 2004/04/03 10:45:11 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: grep.1,v 1.26 2004/04/17 20:10:55 jmc Exp $
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ Selected lines are those
 .Em not
 matching any of the specified patterns.
 .It Fl w
-The expression is searched for as a word (as if surrounded by `\e<'
-and `\e>', see
-.Xr ex 1 ) .
+The expression is searched for as a word (as if surrounded by `[[:<:]]'
+and `[[:>:]]', see
+.Xr re_format 7 ) .
 .It Fl x
 Only input lines selected against an entire fixed string or regular
 expression are considered to be matching lines.