clarify operation of -f. spotted by jmc@, new text by James Howard

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/grep/grep.1 b/usr.bin/grep/grep.1
index c1e168346da..c038bbd2e61 100644
--- a/usr.bin/grep/grep.1
+++ b/usr.bin/grep/grep.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: grep.1,v 1.12 2003/06/23 18:14:33 tedu Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: grep.1,v 1.13 2003/06/24 04:43:53 tedu Exp $
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -166,12 +166,9 @@ Multiple
 options can be used to specify multiple patterns; an input line is
 selected if it matches any of the specified patterns.
 .It Fl f Ar pattern_file
-The pattern is read from the specified file.
-Trailing newlines in the pattern file are ignored.
-.Pf ( Nm Egrep
-and
-.Nm fgrep
-only).
+Read one or more newline separated patterns from
+.Ar pattern_file .
+Newlines are not considered part of a pattern.
 .It Fl h
 Never print filename headers with output lines.
 .It Fl i