--- a/scripts/statistics/base/ranks.m	Tue Jan 18 06:01:04 2000 +0000
+++ b/scripts/statistics/base/ranks.m	Tue Jan 18 08:32:15 2000 +0000
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
 ## along with this file.  If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 ## 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
-## usage:  ranks (x)
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} ranks (@var{x})
+## If @var{x} is a vector, return the (column) vector of ranks of
+## @var{x} adjusted for ties.
 ##
-## If x is a vector, return the (column) vector of ranks of x adjusted
-## for ties.
-## If x is a matrix, do the above for each column of x.
+## If @var{x} is a matrix, do the above for each column of @var{x}.
+## @end deftypefn
 
 ## Author:  KH <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
 ## Description:  Compute ranks