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diff --git a/lib/libc/net/getnetent.3 b/lib/libc/net/getnetent.3
index 05478afdfbb..fba5505fec0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/getnetent.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/getnetent.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: getnetent.3,v 1.8 1999/07/05 04:40:59 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: getnetent.3,v 1.9 2000/04/18 03:01:31 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ A zero-terminated list of alternate names for the network.
The type of the network number returned; currently only
.Dv AF_INET .
.It Fa n_net
-The network number. Network numbers are returned in machine byte
-order.
+The network number.
+Network numbers are returned in machine byte order.
.El
.Pp
The
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary.
The
.Fn setnetent
function
-opens and rewinds the file. If the
+opens and rewinds the file.
+If the
.Fa stayopen
flag is non-zero,
the net data base will not be closed after each call to
@@ -146,6 +147,6 @@ functions appeared in
.Sh BUGS
The data space used by these functions is static; if future use
requires the data, it should be copied before any subsequent calls
-to these functions overwrite it. Only Internet network numbers
-are currently understood. Expecting network numbers to fit in no
-more than 32 bits is naive.
+to these functions overwrite it.
+Only Internet network numbers are currently understood.
+Expecting network numbers to fit in no more than 32 bits is naive.