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diff --git a/lib/libc/net/byteorder.3 b/lib/libc/net/byteorder.3
index 19be4d22285..54123455c6d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/byteorder.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/byteorder.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: byteorder.3,v 1.12 2003/09/26 16:50:14 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: byteorder.3,v 1.13 2003/09/26 17:06:50 fgsch Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -35,14 +35,19 @@
.Nm htons ,
.Nm ntohl ,
.Nm ntohs ,
+.Nm htobe64 ,
.Nm htobe32 ,
.Nm htobe16 ,
+.Nm betoh64 ,
.Nm betoh32 ,
.Nm betoh16 ,
+.Nm htole64 ,
.Nm htole32 ,
.Nm htole16 ,
+.Nm letoh64 ,
.Nm letoh32 ,
.Nm letoh16 ,
+.Nm swap64 ,
.Nm swap32 ,
.Nm swap16
.Nd convert values between different byte orderings
@@ -56,28 +61,38 @@
.Fn ntohl "u_int32_t net32"
.Ft u_int16_t
.Fn ntohs "u_int16_t net16"
+.Ft u_int64_t
+.Fn htobe64 "u_int64_t host64"
.Ft u_int32_t
.Fn htobe32 "u_int32_t host32"
.Ft u_int16_t
.Fn htobe16 "u_int16_t host16"
+.Ft u_int64_t
+.Fn betoh64 "u_int64_t big64"
.Ft u_int32_t
.Fn betoh32 "u_int32_t big32"
.Ft u_int16_t
.Fn betoh16 "u_int16_t big16"
+.Ft u_int64_t
+.Fn htole64 "u_int64_t host64"
.Ft u_int32_t
.Fn htole32 "u_int32_t host32"
.Ft u_int16_t
.Fn htole16 "u_int16_t host16"
+.Ft u_int64_t
+.Fn letoh64 "u_int64_t little64"
.Ft u_int32_t
.Fn letoh32 "u_int32_t little32"
.Ft u_int16_t
.Fn letoh16 "u_int16_t little16"
+.Ft u_int64_t
+.Fn swap64 "u_int32_t val64"
.Ft u_int32_t
.Fn swap32 "u_int32_t val32"
.Ft u_int16_t
.Fn swap16 "u_int16_t val16"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-These routines convert 16- and 32-bit quantities between different
+These routines convert 16, 32 and 64-bit quantities between different
byte orderings.
The
.Dq swap
@@ -116,6 +131,8 @@ Short (16-bit, used in conjunction with forms involving
16-bit.
.It 32
32-bit.
+.It 64
+64-bit.
.El
.Pp
The swap functions are of the form: swap{size}.
@@ -148,7 +165,7 @@ The functions involving either
or
.Dq swap
use the numbers
-16 and 32 for specifying the bitwidth of the quantities they operate on.
+16, 32 and 64 for specifying the bitwidth of the quantities they operate on.
Currently all supported architectures are either big- or little-endian
so either the
.Dq be