sbin/ man page fixes

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/sbin/reboot/reboot.8 b/sbin/reboot/reboot.8
index 708a0caf354..02d29565974 100644
--- a/sbin/reboot/reboot.8
+++ b/sbin/reboot/reboot.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: reboot.8,v 1.9 1998/07/24 00:43:51 espie Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: reboot.8,v 1.10 1998/09/17 04:15:01 aaron Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: reboot.8,v 1.3 1995/10/05 05:36:21 mycroft Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
@@ -53,42 +53,28 @@ The
 and
 .Nm reboot
 utilities flush the file system cache to disk, run the system
-shutdown script, send all running processes a SIGTERM (and
-subsequently a SIGKILL) and, respectively, halt or restart the system.
+shutdown script, send all running processes a
+.Dv SIGTERM
+.Pq and subsequently a Dv SIGKILL ,
+and, respectively, halt or restart the system.
 The action is logged, including entering a shutdown record into the login
 accounting file.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl d
-If the
-.Fl d
-option is specified,
-system will dump crash into swap partition.
+Causes system to create a dump before rebooting.
+This option is useful for debugging system dump procedures or
+capturing the state of a corrupted or misbehaving system.
 .It Fl n
-If the
-.Fl n
-option is specified,
-the file system cache is not flushed.
+Prevent file system cache from being flushed.
 This option should probably not be used.
 .It Fl q
-If the
-.Fl q
-option is specified,
-the system is halted or restarted quickly and ungracefully, and only
+Quick. The system is halted or restarted quickly and ungracefully, and only
 the flushing of the file system cache is performed.
 This option should probably not be used.
-.It Fl d
-If the
-.Fl d
-option is specified,
-the system will create a dump before rebooting.
-This option is useful for debugging system dump procedures or
-capturing the state of a corrupted or misbehaving system.
 .It Fl p
-The
-.Fl p
-option causes the system to power down, if it is being halted, and the
+Causes the system to power down, if it is being halted, and the
 hardware supports automatic power down.  (Currently supported on some
 i386 and sparc platforms.)
 .El
@@ -98,8 +84,9 @@ Normally, the
 utility is used when the system needs to be halted or restarted, giving
 users advance warning of their impending doom.
 .Sh FILES
-.Pa /etc/rc.shutdown
-- The script which is run at shutdown time.
+.Bl -width /etc/rc.shutdown -compact
+/etc/rc.shutdown
+script which is run at shutdown time
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr sync 8 ,
 .Xr utmp 5 ,