diff --git a/alliance/src/x2y/doc/x2y.1 b/alliance/src/x2y/doc/x2y.1
index bbc3d026..5f7c31ae 100644
--- a/alliance/src/x2y/doc/x2y.1
+++ b/alliance/src/x2y/doc/x2y.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: x2y.1,v 1.1 2002/04/29 14:15:51 czo Exp $
+.\" $Id: x2y.1,v 1.2 2003/05/20 13:28:39 czo Exp $
 .TH X2Y 1 "October 1, 1997" "ASIM/LIP6" "ALLIANCE USER COMMANDS"
 
 .SH NAME
@@ -12,11 +12,35 @@
 \f4x2y\fR \fIin_format out_format in_file out_file\fR
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-\f4x2y\fR is a netlist format converter
+
+\f4x2y\fR is a netlist format converter 
+
+.PP
+.br
+ al              ALLIANCE    netlist
+.br
+ ap              ALLIANCE    layout
+.br
+ cct             HILO        netlist
+.br
+ cp              VTI         layout
+.br
+ edi             EDIF        netlist or layout
+.br
+ fne             VTI         extracted netlist
+.br
+ hns             VTI         netlist
+.br
+ spi, sp, cir    SPICE       netlist
+.br
+ vlg             VERILOG     netlist
+.br
+ vst             VHDL        netlist
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .PP
-.BR mbk(1)
+.br
+ mbk(1)
 
 .so man1/alc_bug_report.1
 
diff --git a/alliance/src/x2y/src/x2y.c b/alliance/src/x2y/src/x2y.c
index 55ee9fc9..62c16fd5 100644
--- a/alliance/src/x2y/src/x2y.c
+++ b/alliance/src/x2y/src/x2y.c
@@ -21,31 +21,27 @@
  * Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  */
 
-#ident "$Id: x2y.c,v 1.2 2002/09/30 16:21:35 czo Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: x2y.c,v 1.3 2003/05/20 13:28:39 czo Exp $"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include "mut.h"
 #include "mlo.h"
 #include "mph.h"
 
-/***********************************************************************
-	CP		layout VTI
-	HNS	 	netlist VTI
-	FNE	 	extracted netlist VTI
-??	FDN	 	extracted netlist DAX
-??	HDN	 	extracted hierarchical netlist DAX
+/*
 
-	AP	 	layout ALLIANCE
-	AL	 	netlist ALLIANCE
-
-	EDI	 	netlist or layout EDIF
-
-	CCT	 	structurel HILO
-	VST	 	structurel VHDL 
-
-	SPI	 	structurel SPICE 
-***********************************************************************/
+al              ALLIANCE    netlist
+ap              ALLIANCE    layout
+cct             HILO        netlist
+cp              VTI         layout
+edi             EDIF        netlist or layout
+fne             VTI         extracted netlist
+hns             VTI         netlist
+spi, sp, cir    SPICE       netlist
+vlg             VERILOG     netlist
+vst             VHDL        netlist
 
+ */
 
 int main( argc, argv )
 
@@ -67,7 +63,20 @@ int main( argc, argv )
 
   if ( argc != 5 )
   {
-    fprintf( stdout, "\tSyntax: x2y in_format out_format in_file out_file\n" );
+    fprintf( stdout, "
+Syntax: x2y in_format out_format in_file out_file
+Where format is one of
+    al              ALLIANCE    netlist
+    ap              ALLIANCE    layout
+    cct             HILO        netlist
+    cp              VTI         layout
+    edi             EDIF        netlist or layout
+    fne             VTI         extracted netlist
+    hns             VTI         netlist
+    spi, sp, cir    SPICE       netlist
+    vlg             VERILOG     netlist
+    vst             VHDL        netlist
+" );
     return( 1 );
   }