- "Returns a string representing the field type of the supplied
-attribute ATTRIBUTE in the table specified by TABLE in DATABASE
-which defaults to *DEFAULT-DATABASE*. OWNER is nil by default
-which means that the attribute specified by ATTRIBUTE, if it
-exists, must be user owned else nil is returned. If OWNER is a
-string denoting a user name, the attribute, if it exists, must be
-owned by OWNER else nil is returned, whereas if OWNER is :all
-then the attribute, if it exists, will be returned regardless of
-its owner."
+ "Returns a keyword representing the vendor-specific field type
+of the supplied attribute ATTRIBUTE in the table specified by
+TABLE in DATABASE which defaults to *DEFAULT-DATABASE*. OWNER is
+nil by default which means that the attribute specified by
+ATTRIBUTE, if it exists, must be user owned else nil is
+returned. If OWNER is a string denoting a user name, the
+attribute, if it exists, must be owned by OWNER else nil is
+returned, whereas if OWNER is :all then the attribute, if it
+exists, will be returned regardless of its owner."