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diff --git a/bin/pax/tar.1 b/bin/pax/tar.1
index ab8bab89c7b..8dd7d3046c3 100644
--- a/bin/pax/tar.1
+++ b/bin/pax/tar.1
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: tar.1,v 1.14 1998/03/03 05:11:34 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: tar.1,v 1.15 1998/03/31 17:14:23 millert Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 11, 1996
.Dt TAR 1
@@ -77,9 +77,8 @@ Extract files from archive. If any files are named on the
command line, only those files will be extracted from the
archive. If more than one copy of a file exists in the
archive, later copies will overwrite earlier copies during
-extraction. The user id, group id, file mode, and modification
-time are preserved if possible. The file mode is subject to
-modification by the
+extraction. The file mode and modification time are preserved
+if possible. The file mode is subject to modification by the
.Xr umask 2 .
.El
.Pp
@@ -113,7 +112,8 @@ This implies the
.Fl O
flag.
.It Fl p
-Preserve file mode regardless of the current
+Preserve user and group id as well as file mode regardless of
+the current
.Xr umask 2 .
The setuid and setgid bits are only preserved if the user is
the superuser. Only meaningful in conjunction with the