@itemx --delimiter=@var{input_delim_byte}
@opindex -d
@opindex --delimiter
-For @option{-f}, fields are separated in the input by the first character
-in @var{input_delim_byte} (default is TAB).
+With @option{-f}, use the first byte of @var{input_delim_byte} as
+the input fields separator (default is TAB).
@item -n
@opindex -n
last tab stop given with single spaces. Tab stops can be separated by
blanks as well as by commas.
-For compatibility @command{expand} also supports an obsolete
-option syntax @option{-@var{tab1}[,@var{tab2}]@dots{}}. New scripts
-should use @option{-t @var{tab1}[,@var{tab2}]@dots{}} instead.
+For compatibility, GNU @command{expand} also accepts the obsolete
+option syntax, @option{-@var{t1}[,@var{t2}]@dots{}}. New scripts
+should use @option{-t @var{t1}[,@var{t2}]@dots{}} instead.
@item -i
@itemx --initial
beyond the tab stops given unchanged. Tab stops can be separated by
blanks as well as by commas. This option implies the @option{-a} option.
-For compatibility @command{unexpand} supports an obsolete option syntax
+For compatibility, GNU @command{unexpand} supports the obsolete option syntax,
@option{-@var{tab1}[,@var{tab2}]@dots{}}, where tab stops must be
separated by commas. (Unlike @option{-t}, this obsolete option does
not imply @option{-a}.) New scripts should use @option{--first-only -t