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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/bin/date/date.1 b/bin/date/date.1
index aff270d2f01..d7ca4034284 100644
--- a/bin/date/date.1
+++ b/bin/date/date.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: date.1,v 1.11 1998/06/09 07:14:13 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: date.1,v 1.12 1998/09/01 03:39:35 pjanzen Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: date.1,v 1.12 1996/03/12 04:32:37 phil Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ is used to synchronize the clocks on groups of machines.
By default, if
.Xr timed 8
is running,
-.Nm date
+.Nm
will set the time on all of the machines in the local group.
The
.Fl n
option stops
-.Nm date
+.Nm
from setting the time for other than the current machine.
.It Fl r Ar seconds
Print out (in specified format) the date and time represented by
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ by future calls to
.Xr gettimeofday 2 .
.It Fl u
Display or set the date in
-.Tn UCT
+.Tn UTC
(universal) time.
.El
.Pp
@@ -205,19 +205,19 @@ Occasionally, when
synchronizes the time on many hosts, the setting of a new time value may
require more than a few seconds.
On these occasions,
-.Nm date
+.Nm
prints:
.Ql Network time being set .
The message
.Ql Communication error with timed
occurs when the communication
between
-.Nm date
+.Nm
and
.Xr timed 8
fails.
.Sh STANDARDS
The
-.Nm date
+.Nm
utility is expected to be compatible with
.St -p1003.2 .