-<para><emphasis remap='B'>Amrestore</emphasis>
-extracts backup images from the tape mounted on
-<emphasis remap='I'>tapedevice</emphasis>
-or from the holding disk file
-<emphasis remap='I'>holdingfile</emphasis>
-that match
-<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>,
-<emphasis remap='I'>diskname</emphasis>
-and
-<emphasis remap='I'>datestamp</emphasis>
-patterns given on the command line.
-The tape or holding file must be in a format written by the
-<emphasis remap='B'>amdump</emphasis>
-or
-<emphasis remap='B'>amflush</emphasis>
-program.</para>
-
-<para>If
-<emphasis remap='I'>diskname</emphasis>
-is not specified, all backups on the tape for the previous
-<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
-are candidates.
-If
-<emphasis remap='I'>datestamp</emphasis>
-is not specified, all backups on the tape for the previous
-<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
-and
-<emphasis remap='I'>diskname</emphasis>
-are candidates.
-If no
-<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>,
-<emphasis remap='I'>diskname</emphasis>
-or
-<emphasis remap='I'>datestamp</emphasis>
-are specified, every backup on the tape is a candidate.</para>
-
-<para><emphasis remap='I'>Hostname</emphasis>
-and
-<emphasis remap='I'>diskname</emphasis>
-are special expressions described in the "HOST & DISK EXPRESSION" section
-of
-<citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
-<emphasis remap='I'>Datestamp</emphasis>
-are special expression described in the "DATESTAMP EXPRESSION" section
-of
-<citerefentry><refentrytitle>amanda</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
-For example, if
-<emphasis remap='I'>diskname</emphasis>
-is "rz[23]a", it would match disks
-<emphasis remap='B'>rz2a</emphasis>
-and
-<emphasis remap='B'>rz3a</emphasis>.</para>
-
-<para><emphasis remap='I'>Datestamp</emphasis>
-is useful if
-<emphasis remap='B'>amflush</emphasis>
-writes multiple backup runs to a single tape.</para>
-
-<para>Unless
-<option>-p</option>
-is used,
-candidate backup images are extracted to files
-in the current directory named:</para>
-
-<!-- .RS -->
-<para><emphasis remap='I'>hostname.diskname.datestamp.dumplevel</emphasis></para>
-<!-- .RE -->
-
-<para>Amrestore doesn't use a changer, it restore from the tape already loaded
-in the
-<emphasis remap='I'>tapedevice.</emphasis></para>
+
+<para><emphasis>Amrestore</emphasis> is a very low-level tool for extracting
+data from Amanda volumes. It does not consult any catalog information or other
+metadata, basing its operations only on the headers found on the volume. This
+makes it an appropriate tool for bare-metal restores of an Amanda server, or
+other situations where the catalog is not available.</para>
+
+<para>See <manref name="amfetchdump" vol="8"/> and <manref name="amrecover"
+vol="8"/> for higher-level recoveries.</para>
+
+<para>The tool does not reassemble split dumps, but can uncompress compressed
+dumps. Note that decompression may fail for split parts after the first. If
+this occurs, extract the parts without decompressing, concatenate them, and
+decompress the result.</para>
+
+<para>Data is restored from the current volume in
+<replaceable>changerspec</replaceable>, or from the holding file
+<replaceable>holdingfile</replaceable>. In most cases,
+<replaceable>changerspec</replaceable> will name a particular device, e.g.,
+<computeroutput>tape:/dev/nst0</computeroutput> or
+<computeroutput>s3:mybucket/tape-1</computeroutput>.</para>
+
+<para>Only dumps matching the dump specification beginning with
+<replaceable>hostname</replaceable> are extracted. If no specification is
+given, every file on the volume (or the entire holdingfile) is restored. See
+the "DUMP SPECIFICATIONS" section of <manref name="amanda-match" vol="7"/>
+for more information.</para>
+
+<para>Unless <option>-p</option> is used, candidate backup images are extracted
+to files in the current directory named:
+<filename>hostname.diskname.datestamp.dumplevel</filename></para>
+