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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/pause.3 b/lib/libc/gen/pause.3
index 97959017427..47ec9324226 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/pause.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/pause.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: pause.3,v 1.14 2015/09/23 08:52:56 sobrado Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pause.3,v 1.15 2022/08/02 01:23:23 jsg Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 23 2015 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 2 2022 $
.Dt PAUSE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ The call was interrupted.
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Fn pause
-system call first appeared in the Programmer's Workbench (PWB/UNIX)
-and was then ported to
-.At v7 .
+system call first appeared outside of Bell Labs in the
+.Dq 50 changes
+tape for
+.At v6 .
+It was first officially released with PWB/UNIX 1.0.
It was reimplemented as a wrapper around the
.Fn sigpause
and