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diff --git a/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 b/usr.bin/renice/renice.8
index a8d8d4d9456..b1ee8ea4b4e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/renice/renice.8
+++ b/usr.bin/renice/renice.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: renice.8,v 1.14 2003/06/03 02:56:15 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: renice.8,v 1.15 2007/03/16 16:36:06 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -39,58 +39,32 @@
 .Nm renice
 .Ar priority
 .Oo
-.Op Fl p
-.Ar pid ...
-.Oc
-.Oo
 .Op Fl g
 .Ar pgrp ...
 .Oc
 .Oo
+.Op Fl p
+.Ar pid ...
+.Oc
+.Oo
 .Op Fl u
 .Ar user ...
 .Oc
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
 alters the scheduling
-.Ar priority
-(an integer) of one or more running processes.
-The following
-.Ar who
-parameters (pid, pgrp and user) are interpreted as process IDs, process group
-IDs, or user names.
-.Nm renice Ns ing
-a process group causes all processes in the process group
-to have their scheduling priority altered.
-.Nm renice Ns ing
-a user causes all processes owned by the user to have
-their scheduling priority altered.
-By default, the processes to be affected are specified by
-their process IDs.
-.Pp
-The options are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Fl g
-Force
-.Ar who
-parameters to be interpreted as process group IDs.
-.It Fl u
-Force the
-.Ar who
-parameters to be interpreted as user names.
-.It Fl p
-Resets the
-.Ar who
-interpretation to be (the default) process IDs.
-.El
-.Pp
-For example,
-.Bd -literal -offset
-# renice +1 987 -u daemon root -p 32
-.Ed
-.Pp
-would change the priority of process IDs 987 and 32, and
-all processes owned by users daemon and root.
+.Em priority
+of one or more running processes.
+Processes may be selected using the parameters
+.Ar pid
+(process ID),
+.Ar pgrp
+(process group ID),
+and
+.Ar user
+(user name).
+If no flag is specified,
+the default is to select by process ID.
 .Pp
 Users other than the superuser may only alter the priority of
 processes they own,
@@ -107,6 +81,7 @@ and set the priority to any value in the range
 (\-20)
 to
 .Dv PRIO_MAX .
+.Pp
 Useful priorities are:
 20 (the affected processes will run only when nothing else
 in the system wants to),
@@ -114,11 +89,31 @@ in the system wants to),
 .Dq base
 scheduling priority),
 anything negative (to make things go very fast).
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl g Ar pgrp
+Alter the scheduling priority of all processes in process group
+.Ar pgrp .
+.It Fl p Ar pid
+Alter the scheduling priority of process
+.Ar pid .
+.It Fl u Ar user
+Alter the scheduling priority of all processes belonging to user
+.Ar user .
+.El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /etc/passwd -compact
 .It Pa /etc/passwd
 for mapping user names to user IDs
 .El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following example
+changes the priority of process IDs 987 and 32,
+and all processes owned by users daemon and root:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+# renice +1 987 -u daemon root -p 32
+.Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr nice 1 ,
 .Xr getpriority 2 ,
diff --git a/usr.bin/renice/renice.c b/usr.bin/renice/renice.c
index 755a776b19e..686ad4a448a 100644
--- a/usr.bin/renice/renice.c
+++ b/usr.bin/renice/renice.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: renice.c,v 1.11 2003/07/10 00:06:51 david Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: renice.c,v 1.12 2007/03/16 16:36:06 jmc Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1983, 1989, 1993
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static char copyright[] =
 #if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)renice.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93";
 #else
-static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: renice.c,v 1.11 2003/07/10 00:06:51 david Exp $";
+static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: renice.c,v 1.12 2007/03/16 16:36:06 jmc Exp $";
 #endif
 #endif /* not lint */
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ usage(void)
 {
 	extern char *__progname;
 
-	fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s priority [[-p] pid ...] [[-g] pgrp ...] "
+	fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s priority [[-g] pgrp ...] [[-p] pid ...] "
 	    "[[-u] user ...]\n", __progname);
 	exit(1);
 }