diff --git a/doc/x11.man b/doc/x11.man
index 1fb2cf84..db55fd60 100644
--- a/doc/x11.man
+++ b/doc/x11.man
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ XCurses recognises the following resources:
     lines
     cols
     normalFont
-    boldFont
     pointer
     pointerForeColor
     pointerBackColor
@@ -80,6 +79,14 @@ XCurses recognises the following resources:
     colorMagenta
     colorCyan
     colorWhite
+    colorBoldBlack
+    colorBoldRed
+    colorBoldGreen
+    colorBoldYellow
+    colorBoldBlue
+    colorBoldMagenta
+    colorBoldCyan
+    colorBoldWhite
     bitmap
     translations
     shmmin
@@ -101,14 +108,9 @@ cols:              specifies the number of columns the "screen" will have
                    The minimum value must be 2.
                    Default:        80
 
-normalFont:        the name of a fixed width font, used for A_NORMAL attribute
+normalFont:        the name of a fixed width font
                    Default:        7x13
 
-boldFont:          the name of a fixed width font, used for A_BOLD attribute
-                   Default:        7x13bold
-
-                   NB. The dimensions of font and boldFont MUST be the same.
-
 pointer:           the name of a valid pointer cursor
                    Default:        xterm
 
@@ -123,14 +125,37 @@ cursorColor:       the colour of the text cursor
                    *** This resource is now obsolete and is ignored ***
 
 colorBlack:        the color of the COLOR_BLACK attribute
+                   Default: Black
 colorRed           the color of the COLOR_RED attribute
+                   Default: red3
 colorGreen         the color of the COLOR_GREEN attribute
+                   Default: green3
 colorYellow        the color of the COLOR_YELLOW attribute
+                   Default: yellow3
 colorBlue          the color of the COLOR_BLUE attribute
+                   Default: blue3
 colorMagenta       the color of the COLOR_MAGENTA attribute
+                   Default: magenta3
 colorCyan          the color of the COLOR_CYAN attribute
+                   Default: cyan3
 colorWhite         the color of the COLOR_WHITE attribute
-                   Defaults are obvious :)
+                   Default: Grey
+colorBoldBlack:    the color of the COLOR_BLACK attribute combined with A_BOLD
+                   Default: grey40
+colorBoldRed       the color of the COLOR_RED attribute combined with A_BOLD
+                   Default: red1
+colorBoldGreen     the color of the COLOR_GREEN attribute combined with A_BOLD
+                   Default: green1
+colorBoldYellow    the color of the COLOR_YELLOW attribute combined with A_BOLD
+                   Default: yellow1
+colorBoldBlue      the color of the COLOR_BLUE attribute combined with A_BOLD
+                   Default: blue1
+colorBoldMagenta   the color of the COLOR_MAGENTA attribute combined with A_BOLD
+                   Default: magenta1
+colorBoldCyan      the color of the COLOR_CYAN attribute combined with A_BOLD
+                   Default: cyan1
+colorBoldWhite     the color of the COLOR_WHITE attribute combined with A_BOLD
+                   Default: White
 
 bitmap:            the name of a valid pixmap file of depth 1 used for
                    the application's icon
@@ -233,13 +258,25 @@ testcurs.lines: 25
 !
 ! resources for THE - XCurses
 !
-the.normalFont: 9x15
-the.boldFont:   9x15bold
-the.lines:      40
-the.cols:       86
-the.pointer:    xterm
-the.pointerForeColor: black
-the.pointerBackColor: black
+! resources with the * wildcard can be overridden by a parameter passed
+! to initscr()
+!
+the*normalFont: 9x15
+the*lines:      40
+the*cols:       86
+the*pointer:    xterm
+the*pointerForeColor: white
+the*pointerBackColor: black
+!
+! resources with the . format can not be overridden by a parameter passed
+! to initscr()
+!
 the.bitmap:     /home/mark/the/the64.xbm
 
+Resources may also be passed as a parameter to the initscr() function.
+The parameter is a string in the form of switches. eg. to set the color
+"red" to "indianred", and the number of lines to 30, the string passed to 
+initscr would be:
+"-colorRed indianred -lines 30"
+
 **man-end**********************************************************************/