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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/grep/grep.111
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/grep/grep.1 b/usr.bin/grep/grep.1
index c1e168346da..c038bbd2e61 100644
--- a/usr.bin/grep/grep.1
+++ b/usr.bin/grep/grep.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: grep.1,v 1.12 2003/06/23 18:14:33 tedu Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: grep.1,v 1.13 2003/06/24 04:43:53 tedu Exp $
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -166,12 +166,9 @@ Multiple
options can be used to specify multiple patterns; an input line is
selected if it matches any of the specified patterns.
.It Fl f Ar pattern_file
-The pattern is read from the specified file.
-Trailing newlines in the pattern file are ignored.
-.Pf ( Nm Egrep
-and
-.Nm fgrep
-only).
+Read one or more newline separated patterns from
+.Ar pattern_file .
+Newlines are not considered part of a pattern.
.It Fl h
Never print filename headers with output lines.
.It Fl i