diff --git a/qse/cmd/awk/awk.c b/qse/cmd/awk/awk.c
index afb739e0..89c29ec4 100644
--- a/qse/cmd/awk/awk.c
+++ b/qse/cmd/awk/awk.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ struct opttab_t
 	{ QSE_T("ncmponstr"),    QSE_AWK_NCMPONSTR,      QSE_T("perform numeric comparsion on numeric strings") },
 	{ QSE_T("strictnaming"), QSE_AWK_STRICTNAMING,   QSE_T("enable the strict naming rule") },
 	{ QSE_T("include"),      QSE_AWK_INCLUDE,        QSE_T("enable '@include'") },
-	{ QSE_T("tolerant"),     QSE_AWK_TOLERANT,       QSE_T("make more I/O fault-tolerant") },
+	{ QSE_T("tolerant"),     QSE_AWK_TOLERANT,       QSE_T("make more fault-tolerant") },
 	{ QSE_T("abort"),        QSE_AWK_ABORT,          QSE_T("enable 'abort'") },
 	{ QSE_NULL,              0,                      QSE_NULL }
 };
diff --git a/qse/doc/page/sed.doc b/qse/doc/page/sed.doc
index ceacb557..a4efafe9 100644
--- a/qse/doc/page/sed.doc
+++ b/qse/doc/page/sed.doc
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 @section sed_contents CONTENTS
 - \ref sed_intro
 - \ref sed_command
-- \ref sed_embed
 
 @section sed_intro INTRODUCTION
 
@@ -261,8 +260,7 @@ Replaces all occurrences of characters in @b src with characters in @b dst.
 - <b>c/selector/opts</b>
 Selects characters or fields from the pattern space as specified by the
 @b selector and update the pattern space with the selected text. A selector
-is a comma-separated list of selector atoms. A selector atom is one of
-the followings:
+is a comma-separated list of specifiers. A specifier is one of the followings:
 <ul>
  <li>@b d specifies the input field delimiter with the next character. e.g) d:
  <li>@b D sepcifies the output field delimiter with the next character. e.g) D;
@@ -291,16 +289,29 @@ Prints the last line. If #QSE_SED_QUIET is on, try <b>$p</b>.
 - <b>1!G;h;$!d</b>
 Prints input lines in the reverse order. That is, it prints the last line 
 first and the first line last.
+@code
+$ echo -e "a\nb\nc" | qsesed '1!G;h;$!d'
+c
+b
+a
+@endcode
 
 - <b>s/[[:space:]]{2,}/ /g</b>
 Compacts whitespaces if #QSE_SED_REXBOUND is on.
 
-@section sed_embed HOW TO EMBED
-
-In the simplest form, 
-- Create a stream editor - qse_sed_open()
-- Compile editing commands - qse_sed_comp()
-- Executes compiled commands - qse_sed_exec()
-- Destroy the stream editor - qse_sed_close()
+- <b>C/d:,f3,1/</b>
+Prints the third field and the first field from a colon separated text.
+@code
+$ head -5 /etc/passwd
+root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
+daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
+bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
+sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
+sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
+$ qsesed '1,3C/d:,f3,1/;4,$d' /etc/passwd 
+0 root
+1 daemon
+2 bin
+@endcode
 
 */
diff --git a/qse/lib/sed/sed.c b/qse/lib/sed/sed.c
index 54672733..e75566fa 100644
--- a/qse/lib/sed/sed.c
+++ b/qse/lib/sed/sed.c
@@ -2981,12 +2981,6 @@ static int do_subst (qse_sed_t* sed, qse_sed_cmd_t* cmd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static QSE_INLINE int isdelim (qse_sed_cmd_t* cmd, qse_char_t c)
-{
-	return (cmd->u.cut.w && QSE_ISSPACE(c)) ||
-	       (!cmd->u.cut.w && c == cmd->u.cut.delim[0]);
-}
-
 static int split_into_fields_for_cut (
 	qse_sed_t* sed, qse_sed_cmd_t* cmd, const qse_cstr_t* str)
 {
@@ -2997,15 +2991,34 @@ static int split_into_fields_for_cut (
 
 	for (i = 0; i < str->len; )
 	{
+		int isdelim = 0;
 		qse_char_t c = str->ptr[i++];
 
-		if (isdelim(cmd,c))
-		{
-			if (cmd->u.cut.f)
+		if (cmd->u.cut.w)
+		{ 
+			/* the w option ignores the d specifier */
+			if (QSE_ISSPACE(c))
 			{
-				while (i < str->len && isdelim(cmd,str->ptr[i])) i++;
+				/* the w option assumes the f option */
+				while (i < str->len && QSE_ISSPACE(str->ptr[i])) i++;
+				isdelim = 1;
 			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (c == cmd->u.cut.delim[0])
+			{
+				if (cmd->u.cut.f)
+				{
+					/* fold consecutive delimiters */
+					while (i < str->len && str->ptr[i] == cmd->u.cut.delim[0]) i++;
+				}
+				isdelim = 1;
+			}
+		}
 
+		if (isdelim)
+		{
 			sed->e.cutf.flds[x++].len = xl;
 
 			if (x >= sed->e.cutf.cflds)
@@ -3014,10 +3027,10 @@ static int split_into_fields_for_cut (
 				qse_size_t nsz;
 
 				nsz = sed->e.cutf.cflds;
-				if (nsz > 100000) nsz += 100000;
+				if (nsz > 50000) nsz += 50000;
 				else nsz *= 2;
 				
-				if (sed->e.cutf.flds != sed->e.cutf.sflds)
+				if (sed->e.cutf.flds == sed->e.cutf.sflds)
 				{
 					tmp = QSE_MMGR_ALLOC (sed->mmgr, QSE_SIZEOF(*tmp) * nsz);
 					if (tmp == QSE_NULL) 
@@ -3025,12 +3038,7 @@ static int split_into_fields_for_cut (
 						SETERR0 (sed, QSE_SED_ENOMEM, QSE_NULL);
 						return -1;
 					}
-
 					QSE_MEMCPY (tmp, sed->e.cutf.flds, QSE_SIZEOF(*tmp) * sed->e.cutf.cflds);
-					QSE_MMGR_FREE (sed->mmgr, sed->e.cutf.flds);
-
-					if (sed->e.cutf.flds != sed->e.cutf.sflds)
-						QSE_MMGR_FREE (sed->mmgr, sed->e.cutf.flds);
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -3048,7 +3056,9 @@ static int split_into_fields_for_cut (
 
 			xl = 0;
 			sed->e.cutf.flds[x].ptr = &str->ptr[i];
-			sed->e.cutf.delimited = 1;
+
+			/* mark that this line is delimited at least once */
+			sed->e.cutf.delimited = 1; 
 		}
 		else xl++;
 	}