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diff --git a/doc/rrdgraph_rpn.src b/doc/rrdgraph_rpn.src
index f9ac7fe..b79e4e2 100644
--- a/doc/rrdgraph_rpn.src
+++ b/doc/rrdgraph_rpn.src
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-=include name
+=head1 NAME  
 
-=head1 SYNOPSYS
+rrdgraph_rpn - About RPN Math in rrdtool graph
 
-I<E<lt>RPN expressionE<gt>> := 
-I<E<lt>vnameE<gt>>|I<E<lt>operatorE<gt>>|I<E<lt>valueE<gt>>
-[ , I<E<lt>RPN expressionE<gt>>]
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+I<RPN expression>:=I<vname>|I<operator>|I<value>[,I<RPN expression>]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ this is what is put into the I<vname>.  For B<CDEF> instructions,
 the stack is processed for each data point on the graph. B<VDEF>
 instructions work on an entire data set in one run.
 
+Example: C<VDEF:maximum=mydata,MAXIMUM>
+
+This will set variable "maximum" which you now can use in the rest
+of your RRD script.
+
 Example: C<CDEF:mydatabits=mydata,8,*>
 
 This means:  push variable I<mydata>, push the number 8, execute
@@ -56,9 +61,7 @@ B<IF>
 Pops three elements from the stack.  If the last element is 0 (false),
 the first value is pushed back onto the stack, otherwise the second
 popped value is pushed back. This does, indeed, mean that any value
-other than 0 is considered true.
-I<Note: Should this change? It should IMHO as all the other functions
-would return unknown if A,B or C were unknown>
+other than 0 is considered to be true.
 
 Example: C<A,B,C,IF> should be read as C<if (A) then (B) else (C)>
 
@@ -94,9 +97,13 @@ B<+, -, *, /, %>
 
 Add, subtract, multiply, divide, modulo
 
-B<SIN, COS, LOG, EXP>
+B<SIN, COS, LOG, EXP, SQRT>
 
-Sine, cosine (input in radians), log, exp (natural logarithm)
+Sine, cosine (input in radians), log, exp (natural logarithm), square root
+
+B<ATAN>
+
+Arctangent. Output in radians.
 
 B<FLOOR, CEIL>
 
@@ -104,6 +111,42 @@ Round down,up to the nearest integer
 
 Z<>
 
+=item Set Operations
+
+B<SORT, REV>
+
+Pop one element from the stack.  This is the I<count> of items to be sorted
+(or reversed).  The top I<count> of the remaining elements are then sorted
+(or reversed) in place on the stack.
+
+Example: C<CDEF:x=v1,v2,v3,v4,v5,v6,6,SORT,POP,5,REV,POP,+,+,+,4,/> will
+compute the average of the values v1..v6 after removing the smallest and
+largest.
+
+B<TREND>
+
+Create a "sliding window" average of another data series.
+
+Usage:
+CDEF:smoothed=x,1800,TREND
+
+This will create a half-hour (1800 second) sliding window average of x.  The
+average is essentially computed as shown here:
+
+                 +---!---!---!---!---!---!---!---!--->
+                                                     now
+                       delay     t0
+                 <--------------->
+                         delay       t1
+                     <--------------->  
+                              delay      t2
+                         <--------------->
+
+
+     Value at sample (t0) will be the average between (t0-delay) and  (t0)
+     Value at sample (t1) will be the average between (t1-delay) and  (t1)
+     Value at sample (t2) will be the average between (t2-delay) and  (t2)
+
 =item Special values
 
 B<UNKN>
@@ -144,41 +187,21 @@ Z<>
 Time inside RRDtool is measured in seconds since the epoch. This
 epoch is defined to be S<C<Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 UTC 1970>>.
 
-Z<>
-
-=over 4
-
-=item NOW
+B<NOW>
 
 Pushes the current time on the stack.
 
-Z<>
-
-=item TIME
+B<TIME>
 
 Pushes the time the currently processed value was taken onto the stack.
 
-Z<>
-
-=item LTIME
+B<LTIME>
 
 Takes the time as defined by B<TIME>, applies the time zone offset
 valid at that time including daylight saving time if your OS supports
 it, and pushes the result on the stack.  There is an elaborate example
 in the examples section on how to use this.
 
-=back
-
-For B<VDEF> operations, B<TIME> and B<LTIME> have a different meaning
-I<not yet implemented>.  As the B<VDEF> statement does not work per
-value but rather on a complete time series, there is no such thing as
-the currently processed value.  However, if you have used an operator
-that returned a time component and would like to have this available
-in the value component in stead (so you can use it as a number), you
-can use B<TIME> or B<LTIME> for that.
-
-Z<>
-
 =item Processing the stack directly
 
 B<DUP, POP, EXC>
@@ -188,46 +211,38 @@ top elements.
 
 Z<>
 
-=item Selecting characteristics
+=back
 
-These operators work only on B<VDEF> statements.
-I<We can make most of them work at DEF and CDEF statements. If we do
-so, we have a moving (not rolling!) average, max,min etcetera>
+=head1 VARIABLES
 
-Z<>
+These operators work only on B<VDEF> statements.
 
 =over 4
 
 =item MAXIMUM, MINIMUM, AVERAGE
 
 Return the corresponding value, MAXIMUM and MINIMUM also return
-the first occurance of that value in the time component.
+the first occurrence of that value in the time component.
 
 Example: C<VDEF:avg=mydata,AVERAGE>
 
-Z<>
-
 =item LAST, FIRST
 
 Return the last,first value including its time.  The time for
 FIRST is actually the start of the corresponding interval, where
-LASTs time component returns the end of the corresponding interval.
+the LAST time component returns the end of the corresponding interval.
 
 Example: C<VDEF:first=mydata,FIRST>
 
-Z<>
-
 =item TOTAL
 
-Returns the rate from each defined timeslot multiplied with the
+Returns the rate from each defined time slot multiplied with the
 step size.  This can for instance return total bytes transfered
 when you have logged bytes per second. The time component returns
 the amount of seconds 
 
 Example: C<VDEF:total=mydata,TOTAL>
 
-Z<>
-
 =item PERCENT
 
 Should follow a B<DEF> or B<CDEF> I<vname>. This I<vname> is popped,
@@ -238,11 +253,23 @@ I<Unknown> values are considered lower than any finite number for this
 purpose so if this operator returns an I<unknown> you have quite a lot
 of them in your data.  B<Inf>inite numbers are lesser, or more, than the
 finite numbers and are always more than the I<Unknown> numbers.
+(NaN E<lt> -INF E<lt> finite values E<lt> INF)
 
 Example: C<VDEF:perc95=mydata,95,PERCENT>
 
 =back
 
-=back
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<rrdgraph> gives an overview of how B<rrdtool graph> works.
+L<rrdgraph_data> describes B<DEF>,B<CDEF> and B<VDEF> in detail,
+L<rrdgraph_rpn> describes the B<RPN> language used in the B<?DEF> statements,
+L<rrdgraph_graph> page describes all of the graph and print functions.
+
+Make sure to read L<rrdgraph_examples> for tipsE<amp>tricks.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Program by Tobias Oetiker E<lt>oetiker@ee.ethz.chE<gt>
 
-=include see_also
+This manual page by Alex van den Bogaerdt E<lt>alex@ergens.op.het.netE<gt>