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commit f6cbffe2367c641fab33d30bd3a68e49f70926e4
Author: Martin Davis <mtnclimb at gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Sep 10 11:02:23 2021 -0700

    Improve doc type descriptions

diff --git a/doc/reference_type.xml b/doc/reference_type.xml
index 87582cc..496b55f 100644
--- a/doc/reference_type.xml
+++ b/doc/reference_type.xml
@@ -29,20 +29,43 @@
 	<refentry id="box2d_type">
       <refnamediv>
         <refname>box2d</refname>
-        <refpurpose>A 2-dimensional bounding box.
-				Used to describe the 2D extent of a geometry or collection of geometries. </refpurpose>
+        <refpurpose>The type representing a 2-dimensional bounding box. </refpurpose>
       </refnamediv>
 
       <refsection>
         <title>Description</title>
         <para><varname>box2d</varname> is a spatial data type used to represent
-				the two-dimensional enclosing box of a geometry or collection of geometries.
-				For example, the <xref linkend="ST_Extent" /> aggregate function returns a <varname>box2d</varname> object.</para>
-				<para>The representation contains the values <varname>xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax</varname>.
-				These are the minimum and maximum values of the X and Y extents.
-				</para>
+            the two-dimensional bounding box enclosing a geometry or collection of geometries.
+            For example, the <xref linkend="ST_Extent" /> aggregate function returns a <varname>box2d</varname> object.</para>
+
+            <para>The representation contains the values <varname>xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax</varname>.
+            These are the minimum and maximum values of the X and Y extents.
+            </para>
+
+            <para><varname>box2d</varname> objects have a text representation which looks like <code>BOX(1 2,5 6)</code>.
+            </para>
       </refsection>
 
+      <refsection>
+		<title>Casting Behavior</title>
+		<para>This table lists the automatic and explicit casts allowed for this data type:</para>
+		<informaltable rowsep="1" frame="all">
+		<tgroup cols="2">
+			<tbody>
+			  <row>
+				<entry>Cast To</entry>  <entry>Behavior</entry>
+			  </row>
+			  <row>
+				<entry>box3d</entry>	<entry>automatic</entry>
+			  </row>
+			  <row>
+				<entry>geometry</entry>	<entry>automatic</entry>
+			  </row>
+			</tbody>
+		</tgroup>
+		</informaltable>
+		</refsection>
+
 		<refsection>
 			<title>See Also</title>
 			<para><xref linkend="PostGIS_BoxFunctions" /></para>
@@ -52,24 +75,27 @@
 	<refentry id="box3d_type">
       <refnamediv>
         <refname>box3d</refname>
-        <refpurpose>A 3-dimensional bounding box.
-				Used to describe the 3D extent of a geometry or collection of geometries. </refpurpose>
+        <refpurpose>The type representing a 3-dimensional bounding box. </refpurpose>
       </refnamediv>
 
       <refsection>
         <title>Description</title>
         <para><varname>box3d</varname> is a PostGIS spatial data type used to represent
-				the three-dimensional enclosing box of a geometry or collection of geometries.
-				For example, the <xref linkend="ST_3DExtent" /> aggregate function returns a <varname>box3d</varname> object.
-				</para>
-				<para>The representation contains the values <varname>xmin, ymin, zmin, xmax, ymax, zmax</varname>.
-				These are the minimum and maxium values of the X, Y and Z extents.
-				</para>
-      </refsection>
+            the three-dimensional bounding box enclosing a geometry or collection of geometries.
+            For example, the <xref linkend="ST_3DExtent" /> aggregate function returns a <varname>box3d</varname> object.
+            </para>
+
+            <para>The representation contains the values <varname>xmin, ymin, zmin, xmax, ymax, zmax</varname>.
+            These are the minimum and maxium values of the X, Y and Z extents.
+            </para>
+
+            <para><varname>box3d</varname> objects have a text representation which looks like <code>BOX3D(1 2 3,5 6 5)</code>.
+            </para>
+        </refsection>
 
       <refsection>
 		<title>Casting Behavior</title>
-		<para>This section lists the automatic as well as explicit casts allowed for this data type</para>
+		<para>This table lists the automatic and explicit casts allowed for this data type:</para>
 		<informaltable rowsep="1" frame="all">
 		<tgroup cols="2">
 			<tbody>
@@ -115,7 +141,7 @@
 
 		<refsection>
 		<title>Casting Behavior</title>
-		<para>This section lists the automatic as well as explicit casts allowed for this data type</para>
+		<para>This table lists the automatic and explicit casts allowed for this data type:</para>
 		<informaltable rowsep="1" frame="all">
 		<tgroup cols="2">
 			<tbody>
@@ -209,7 +235,7 @@
 
 		<refsection>
 		<title>Casting Behavior</title>
-		<para>This section lists the automatic as well as explicit casts allowed for this data type</para>
+		<para>This table lists the automatic and explicit casts allowed for this data type:</para>
 		<informaltable rowsep="1" frame="all">
 		<tgroup cols="2">
 			<tbody>

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