for -S, note that machines have pages for all archs, and this mechanism

allows one to view pages for one arch whilst using another
(this seems to be not always clear to people);

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/man/man.1 b/usr.bin/man/man.1
index 68fe7a66c2f..2b7fa261191 100644
--- a/usr.bin/man/man.1
+++ b/usr.bin/man/man.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: man.1,v 1.30 2007/05/23 20:03:40 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: man.1,v 1.31 2007/05/23 20:16:54 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -172,10 +172,14 @@ configuration file.
 Restricts the directories that
 .Nm
 will search to those of a specific machine architecture.
+By default manual pages for all architectures are installed.
+Therefore this option can be used to view pages for one
+architecture whilst using another.
+.Pp
 Overrides the
 .Ev MACHINE
-environment variable.
-See also the
+environment variable;
+see also the
 .Sx ENVIRONMENT
 section below.
 .It Fl s Ar section