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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/apmd/apmd.812
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/apmd/apmd.8 b/usr.sbin/apmd/apmd.8
index 7c82956910d..cead4d46812 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/apmd/apmd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/apmd/apmd.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: apmd.8,v 1.7 1998/12/15 01:20:47 aaron Exp $
+.\" $Id: apmd.8,v 1.8 1999/02/23 04:17:34 marc Exp $
.\"
.Dd March 24, 1996
.Dt APMD 8
@@ -126,7 +126,15 @@ unconditionally enables power status messages.
causes power status messages to be displayed only when the
battery life expectancy changes. This minimized message output
for those devices that are constantly updating the estimated time
-remaining based upon current processor load.
+remaining based upon current processor load. However, in no case
+will power status messages be displayed until the battery life
+goes below the percentage in the
+.Xr sysctl 8
+state variable
+.Dv machdep.apmwarn .
+Setting
+.Dv machdep.apmwarn
+to zero disables all warnings.
.Pp
When a client requests a suspend or stand-by mode,
.Nm