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diff --git a/lib/libc/time/time2posix.3 b/lib/libc/time/time2posix.3
index 2f2f9aafe79..36d4d67b699 100644
--- a/lib/libc/time/time2posix.3
+++ b/lib/libc/time/time2posix.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: time2posix.3,v 1.4 1997/01/14 03:16:50 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: time2posix.3,v 1.5 1998/01/18 23:24:58 millert Exp $
.TH TIME2POSIX 3
.SH NAME
time2posix, posix2time \- convert seconds since the Epoch
@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@ time2posix, posix2time \- convert seconds since the Epoch
.PP
.B time_t posix2time(t)
.B time_t t
-.PP
-.B cc ... -lz
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
IEEE Standard 1003.1
(POSIX)
legislates that a time_t value of
-536457599 shall correspond to "Wed Dec 31 23:59:59 GMT 1986."
+536457599 shall correspond to "Wed Dec 31 23:59:59 UTC 1986."
This effectively implies that POSIX time_t's cannot include leap
seconds and,
therefore,
@@ -117,6 +115,6 @@ difftime(3),
localtime(3),
mktime(3),
time(3)
-.\" @(#)time2posix.3 7.5
+.\" @(#)time2posix.3 7.7
.\" This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
.\" 1996-06-05 by Arthur David Olson (arthur_david_olson@nih.gov).