Fix some typos, clarify a few bits, and fix a display issue with `:'.

Based on a patch rom Brian Poole

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 b/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
index 4e01c911d42..86e928561bd 100644
--- a/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
+++ b/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: newsyslog.8,v 1.33 2003/02/12 19:17:36 millert Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: newsyslog.8,v 1.34 2003/05/15 03:31:15 millert Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997, Jason Downs.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm newsyslog
-.Nd maintain system log files to manageable sizes
+.Nd trim log files to manageable sizes
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm newsyslog
 .Op Fl Fmnrv
@@ -108,13 +108,12 @@ were not specified.
 Removes the restriction that
 .Nm
 must be running as root.
-Of course,
+Note that in this mode
 .Nm
 will not be able to send a
 .Dv SIGHUP
 signal to
-.Xr syslogd 8 ,
-so this option should only be used in debugging.
+.Xr syslogd 8 .
 .It Fl v
 Place
 .Nm newsyslog
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ By default, this configuration file is
 Each line of the file contains information about a particular log file
 that should be handled by
 .Nm newsyslog .
-Each line has five mandatory fields and up to three optional fields, with a
+Each line has five mandatory fields and up to three optional fields, with
 whitespace separating each field.
 Blank lines or lines beginning with a hash mark
 .Pq Ql #
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ The full pathname of the system log file to be archived.
 .It Ar owner:group
 This optional field specifies the owner and group for the archive file.
 The
-.Ql :
+.Ql \&:
 is essential, even if the
 .Ar owner
 or
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ in the system password and group databases.
 For backwards compatibility, a
 .Ql \&.
 may be used instead of a
-.Ql : .
+.Ql \&: .
 .It Ar mode
 File mode (in octal) to use for created log files and archives.
 .It Ar count