diff --git a/doc/bashbug.1 b/doc/bashbug.1
index 962cb9c..61d9122 100644
--- a/doc/bashbug.1
+++ b/doc/bashbug.1
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 .\"     Case Western Reserve University
 .\"     chet@po.cwru.edu
 .\"
-.\"     Last Change: Tue Apr  3 15:46:30 EDT 2007
+.\"     Last Change: Mon Feb 15 14:42:40 EST 2016
 .\"
-.TH BASHBUG 1 "1998 July 30" "GNU Bash-4.0"
+.TH BASHBUG 1 "2016 February 15" "GNU Bash-4.4"
 .SH NAME
 bashbug \- report a bug in bash
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@
 .B EDITOR
 is not set,
 .B bashbug
-defaults to
-.BR emacs .
+attempts to locate a number of alternative editors, including
+.BR emacs ,
+and defaults to \fBvi\fP.
 .TP
 .B HOME
 Directory in which the failed bug report is saved if the mail fails.