it is possible specifying more than one printer concurrently; use

.Op macros for options instead of hardcoding brackets; remove a few
superfluous .Ar macros before ellipsis; "usage:" is lower case;
while here, apply some spacing tweaks.

tweaked by jmc@ for a synopsis with too many arguments.

ok jmc@

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/cmds.c b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/cmds.c
index 6d787774d2a..acffabdfe51 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/cmds.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/cmds.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: cmds.c,v 1.20 2009/10/27 23:59:52 deraadt Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: cmds.c,v 1.21 2009/10/29 20:11:09 sobrado Exp $	*/
 /*	$NetBSD: cmds.c,v 1.12 1997/10/05 15:12:06 mrg Exp $	*/
 
 /*
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ doabort(int argc, char **argv)
 	char prbuf[100];
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
-		printf("Usage: abort {all | printer ...}\n");
+		printf("usage: abort {all | printer ...}\n");
 		return;
 	}
 	if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "all") == 0) {
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ clean(int argc, char **argv)
 	char prbuf[100];
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
-		printf("Usage: clean {all | printer ...}\n");
+		printf("usage: clean {all | printer ...}\n");
 		return;
 	}
 	if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "all") == 0) {
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ enable(int argc, char **argv)
 	char prbuf[100];
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
-		printf("Usage: enable {all | printer ...}\n");
+		printf("usage: enable {all | printer ...}\n");
 		return;
 	}
 	if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "all") == 0) {
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ disable(int argc, char **argv)
 	char prbuf[100];
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
-		printf("Usage: disable {all | printer ...}\n");
+		printf("usage: disable {all | printer ...}\n");
 		return;
 	}
 	if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "all") == 0) {
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ down(int argc, char **argv)
 	char prbuf[100];
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
-		printf("Usage: down {all | printer} [message ...]\n");
+		printf("usage: down {all | printer} [message ...]\n");
 		return;
 	}
 	if (strcmp(argv[1], "all") == 0) {
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ restart(int argc, char **argv)
 	char prbuf[100];
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
-		printf("Usage: restart {all | printer ...}\n");
+		printf("usage: restart {all | printer ...}\n");
 		return;
 	}
 	if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "all") == 0) {
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ startcmd(int argc, char **argv)
 	char prbuf[100];
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
-		printf("Usage: start {all | printer ...}\n");
+		printf("usage: start {all | printer ...}\n");
 		return;
 	}
 	if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "all") == 0) {
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ stop(int argc, char **argv)
 	char prbuf[100];
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
-		printf("Usage: stop {all | printer ...}\n");
+		printf("usage: stop {all | printer ...}\n");
 		return;
 	}
 	if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "all") == 0) {
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ topq(int argc, char **argv)
 	int status, changed;
 
 	if (argc < 3) {
-		printf("Usage: topq printer [jobnum ...] [user ...]\n");
+		printf("usage: topq printer [jobnum ...] [user ...]\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ up(int argc, char **argv)
 	char prbuf[100];
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
-		printf("Usage: up {all | printer ...}\n");
+		printf("usage: up {all | printer ...}\n");
 		return;
 	}
 	if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "all") == 0) {
diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/lpc.8 b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/lpc.8
index 1f7728d5e5f..072d240b7d5 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/lpc.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpc/lpc.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: lpc.8,v 1.13 2007/05/31 19:20:25 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: lpc.8,v 1.14 2009/10/29 20:11:09 sobrado Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: lpc.8,v 1.14 2002/01/19 03:22:19 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)lpc.8	8.5 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 29 2009 $
 .Dt LPC 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -78,29 +78,29 @@ Commands may be abbreviated;
 the following is the list of recognized commands.
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
-.It Ic \&? No [ Ar command Ar ... ]
-.It Ic help No [ Ar command Ar ... ]
+.It Ic \&? Op Ar command ...
+.It Ic help Op Ar command ...
 Print a short description of each command specified in the argument list,
 or, if no argument is given, a list of the recognized commands.
 .Pp
-.It Ic abort  No {\ all\ |\ printer\ }
+.It Ic abort No {all | printer ...}
 Terminate an active spooling daemon on the local host immediately and
 then disable printing (preventing new daemons from being started by
 .Xr lpr 1 )
 for the specified printers.
 .Pp
-.It Ic clean  No {\ all\ |\ printer\ }
+.It Ic clean No {all | printer ...}
 Remove any temporary files, data files, and control files that cannot
 be printed (i.e., do not form a complete printer job)
 from the specified printer queue(s) on the local machine.
 .Pp
-.It Ic disable  No {\ all\ |\ printer\ }
+.It Ic disable No {all | printer ...}
 Turn the specified printer queues off.
 This prevents new printer jobs from being entered into the queue by
 .Xr lpr 1 .
 .Pp
-.It Xo Ic down No {\ all\ |\ printer\ } Ar message
-.Op Ar ...
+.It Xo Ic down No {all | printer}
+.Op Ar message ...
 .Xc
 Turn the specified printer queue off, disable printing and put
 .Em message
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ This is normally used to take a printer down and let users know why.
 .Xr lpq 1
 will indicate the printer is down and print the status message.
 .Pp
-.It Ic enable  No {\ all\ |\ printer\ }
+.It Ic enable No {all | printer ...}
 Enable spooling on the local queue for the listed printers.
 This will allow
 .Xr lpr 1
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ to put new jobs in the spool queue.
 Exit from
 .Nm lpc .
 .Pp
-.It Ic restart  No {\ all\ |\ printer\ }
+.It Ic restart No {all | printer ...}
 Attempt to start a new printer daemon.
 This is useful when some abnormal condition causes the daemon to
 die unexpectedly, leaving jobs in the queue.
@@ -132,20 +132,23 @@ will report that there is no daemon present when this condition occurs.
 If the user is the superuser,
 try to abort the current daemon first (i.e., kill and restart a stuck daemon).
 .Pp
-.It Ic start  No {\ all\ |\ printer\ }
+.It Ic start No {all | printer ...}
 Enable printing and start a spooling daemon for the listed printers.
 .Pp
-.It Ic status  No {\ all\ |\ printer\ }
+.It Ic status No {all | printer ...}
 Display the status of daemons and queues on the local machine.
 .Pp
-.It Ic stop  No {\ all\ |\ printer\ }
+.It Ic stop No {all | printer ...}
 Stop a spooling daemon after the current job completes and disable
 printing.
 .Pp
-.It Ic topq No printer\ [\ jobnum\ ...\ ]\ [\ user\ ...\ ]
+.It Xo Ic topq No printer
+.Op Ar jobnum ...
+.Op Ar user ...
+.Xc
 Place the jobs in the order listed at the top of the printer queue.
 .Pp
-.It Ic up  No {\ all\ |\ printer\ }
+.It Ic up No {all | printer ...}
 Enable everything and start a new printer daemon.
 Undoes the effects of
 .Ic down .