note that password files should only be edited using vipw(8), not by hand;

based on freebsd pr #74656;
ok millert@

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man5/passwd.5 b/share/man/man5/passwd.5
index 9266a3664b8..93955889748 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/passwd.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/passwd.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: passwd.5,v 1.29 2004/10/05 14:18:22 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: passwd.5,v 1.30 2005/02/09 16:28:30 jmc Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: passwd.5,v 1.4 1995/07/28 06:46:05 phil Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ and has the class, change, and expire fields removed.
 Also, the encrypted password field is replaced by an asterisk
 .Pq Ql \&* .
 .Pp
+The password files should never be edited by hand;
+.Xr vipw 8
+should be used instead.
+.Pp
 The
 .Ar name
 field is the login used to access the computer account, and the