diff --git a/funcs.c b/funcs.c
index eb37fad..1f9843e 100644
--- a/funcs.c
+++ b/funcs.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/funcs.c,v 1.190 2011/06/21 21:11:19 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/funcs.c,v 1.191 2011/07/02 17:57:23 tg Exp $");
 
 #if HAVE_KILLPG
 /*
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ const struct builtin mkshbuiltins[] = {
 	{"*=export", c_typeset},
 	{"+fc", c_fc},
 	{"+getopts", c_getopts},
+	{"=global", c_typeset},
 	{"+jobs", c_jobs},
 	{"+kill", c_kill},
 	{"let", c_let},
@@ -597,7 +598,7 @@ c_command(const char **wp)
 	return (c_whence(wp));
 }
 
-/* typeset, export, and readonly */
+/* typeset, global, export, and readonly */
 int
 c_typeset(const char **wp)
 {
diff --git a/mksh.1 b/mksh.1
index 7fb1c35..de4f39f 100644
--- a/mksh.1
+++ b/mksh.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $MirOS: src/bin/mksh/mksh.1,v 1.265 2011/06/21 22:02:09 tg Exp $
+.\" $MirOS: src/bin/mksh/mksh.1,v 1.266 2011/07/02 17:57:24 tg Exp $
 .\" $OpenBSD: ksh.1,v 1.140 2011/04/23 10:14:59 sobrado Exp $
 .\"-
 .\" Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 .\" with -mandoc, it might implement .Mx itself, but we want to
 .\" use our own definition. And .Dd must come *first*, always.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: June 21 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 2 2011 $
 .\"
 .\" Check which macro package we use
 .\"
@@ -4553,7 +4553,7 @@ traps in functions are not yet implemented.
 A command that exits with a zero value.
 .Pp
 .It Xo
-.Ic typeset
+.Ic global
 .Oo Op Ic +\-alpnrtUux
 .Op Fl L Ns Op Ar n
 .Op Fl R Ns Op Ar n
@@ -4564,6 +4564,16 @@ A command that exits with a zero value.
 .Op Ns = Ns Ar value
 .Ar ... Oc
 .Xc
+.It Xo
+.Ic typeset
+.Oo Op Ic +\-alpnrtUux
+.Op Fl LRZ Ns Op Ar n
+.Op Fl i Ns Op Ar n
+.No \*(Ba Fl f Op Fl tux Oc
+.Oo Ar name
+.Op Ns = Ns Ar value
+.Ar ... Oc
+.Xc
 Display or set parameter attributes.
 With no
 .Ar name
@@ -4587,10 +4597,12 @@ Values for parameters may optionally be specified.
 For
 .Ar name Ns \&[*] ,
 the change affects the entire array, and no value may be specified.
+.Pp
 If
 .Ic typeset
-is used inside a function, any newly created parameters are local to the
-function.
+is used inside a function, any parameters specified are localised.
+This is not done by the otherwise identical
+.Ic global .
 .Pp
 When
 .Fl f