be consistent when describing revision selection;

input/ok: xsa joris niallo ray

5 files changed, 41 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/rcs/ci.1 b/usr.bin/rcs/ci.1
index 67aeeda4ac7..b7deaad7d12 100644
--- a/usr.bin/rcs/ci.1
+++ b/usr.bin/rcs/ci.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ci.1,v 1.27 2006/04/19 11:08:23 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ci.1,v 1.28 2006/04/24 22:06:49 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Niall O'Higgins <niallo@openbsd.org>
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ using the
 .Fl x
 option.
 .Pp
+Files may be selected by revision or,
+where no revision is specified,
+the latest revision of the default branch is used.
+Revisions are specified either by using the
+.Fl r
+option or
+by appending the revision number to any option that supports it.
+.Pp
 .Nm
 also supports
 keyword substitution \(en
@@ -89,9 +97,8 @@ If
 .Ar date
 is not specified, use the working file's last modification time.
 .It Fl f Ns Op Ar rev
-Force check-in - optionally to
-.Ar rev
-- even if no changes have been made to the working file.
+Force check-in
+\(en even if no changes have been made to the working file.
 .It Fl I
 Interactive mode.
 .It Fl i Ns Op Ar rev
diff --git a/usr.bin/rcs/co.1 b/usr.bin/rcs/co.1
index fc30bafd7b7..b39e012c4ef 100644
--- a/usr.bin/rcs/co.1
+++ b/usr.bin/rcs/co.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: co.1,v 1.24 2006/04/19 11:08:23 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: co.1,v 1.25 2006/04/24 22:06:49 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Xavier Santolaria <xsa@openbsd.org>
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ option.
 During this time,
 no other users may check out the file whilst it is locked.
 .Pp
+Files may be selected by revision or,
+where no revision is specified,
+the latest revision of the default branch is used.
+Revisions are specified either by using the
+.Fl r
+option or
+by appending the revision number to any option that supports it.
+.Pp
 .Nm
 also supports
 keyword substitution \(en
@@ -96,17 +104,11 @@ retrieved revision.
 Print the latest revision no later than
 .Ar rev
 to standard output.
-If
-.Ar rev
-is not specified, print HEAD.
 .It Fl q Ns Op Ar rev
 Be quiet about reporting.
 .It Fl r Ns Op Ar rev
 Retrieve the latest revision no later than
 .Ar rev .
-If
-.Ar rev
-is not specified, retrieve HEAD.
 .It Fl s Ns Ar state
 Retrieve revision of the specified
 .Ar state
diff --git a/usr.bin/rcs/rcs.1 b/usr.bin/rcs/rcs.1
index 05213ddb580..8a93f93b310 100644
--- a/usr.bin/rcs/rcs.1
+++ b/usr.bin/rcs/rcs.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: rcs.1,v 1.33 2006/04/20 09:16:28 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: rcs.1,v 1.34 2006/04/24 22:06:49 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Jean-Francois Brousseau <jfb@openbsd.org>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Xavier Santolaria <xsa@openbsd.org>
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ and
 See the respective manual pages for more information
 about these utilities.
 .Pp
+Files may be selected by revision or,
+where no revision is specified,
+the latest revision of the default branch is used.
+Revisions are specified either by using the
+.Fl r
+option or
+by appending the revision number to any option that supports it.
+.Pp
 .Nm
 also supports
 keyword substitution \(en
@@ -123,9 +131,6 @@ Enable strict locking on the RCS files.
 Lock revision
 .Ar rev
 on the RCS files.
-If
-.Ar rev
-is not given, the head revision is locked.
 .It Fl M
 Disable mail warnings when breaking a user's lock.
 Normally,
@@ -178,10 +183,6 @@ Sets the state of revision
 to the identifier
 .Ar state .
 The specified value may not contain a space character.
-If
-.Ar rev
-is not specified, the latest revision of the default branch
-is assumed.
 .It Fl T
 Preserve the modification time of RCS files.
 .Sm off
@@ -205,9 +206,6 @@ Disable strict locking on the RCS files.
 Unlock revision
 .Ar rev
 on the RCS files.
-If
-.Ar rev
-is not given, the head revision is unlocked.
 .It Fl V
 Print the program's version string and exit.
 .It Fl x Ns Ar suffixes
diff --git a/usr.bin/rcs/rcsclean.1 b/usr.bin/rcs/rcsclean.1
index 7f1139b4ea3..392b0c7967a 100644
--- a/usr.bin/rcs/rcsclean.1
+++ b/usr.bin/rcs/rcsclean.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: rcsclean.1,v 1.16 2006/04/24 18:06:59 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: rcsclean.1,v 1.17 2006/04/24 22:06:49 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Joris Vink <joris@openbsd.org>
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ does not remove files from the RCS repository.
 Files may be selected by revision or,
 where no revision is specified,
 the latest revision of the default branch is used.
-Revisions are specified either explicitly using the
+Revisions are specified either by using the
 .Fl r
-option or implicitly
+option or
 by appending the revision number to any option that supports it.
 .Pp
 .Nm
diff --git a/usr.bin/rcs/rcsmerge.1 b/usr.bin/rcs/rcsmerge.1
index 2c2e51dc67b..741f361b809 100644
--- a/usr.bin/rcs/rcsmerge.1
+++ b/usr.bin/rcs/rcsmerge.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: rcsmerge.1,v 1.8 2006/04/24 13:32:10 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: rcsmerge.1,v 1.9 2006/04/24 22:06:49 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Xavier Santolaria <xsa@openbsd.org>
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ The
 program merges changes between two revisions of an RCS file into
 the corresponding working file.
 .Pp
+Files may be selected by revision or,
+where no revision is specified,
+the latest revision of the default branch is used.
+Revisions are specified either by using the
+.Fl r
+option or
+by appending the revision number to any option that supports it.
+.Pp
 .Nm
 also supports
 keyword substitution \(en