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index f7febcb46af..75c0a9aae86 100644
--- a/sbin/mount/mount.8
+++ b/sbin/mount/mount.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: mount.8,v 1.8 1998/09/06 20:21:27 niklas Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: mount.8,v 1.9 1998/09/17 04:14:54 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: mount.8,v 1.11 1995/07/12 06:23:21 cgd Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1989, 1991, 1993
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ flag, except that if a file system (other than the root file system)
appears to be already mounted,
.Nm mount
will not try to mount it again.
-.Nm Mount
+.Nm mount
assumes that a file system is already mounted if a file system with
the same type is mounted on the given mount point.
More stringent checks are not possible because some file system types
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ distinguished by a leading
.Dq \&-
(dash).
Options that take a value are specified using the syntax -option=value.
-For example, the mount command:
+For example, the
+.Nm mount
+command:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
mount -t mfs -o nosuid,-N,-s=4000 /dev/dk0b /tmp
.Ed
@@ -201,7 +203,9 @@ is used to indicate the file system type.
The type
.Ar ffs
is the default.
-The \fI-t\fP option can be used
+The
+.Fl t
+option can be used
to indicate that the actions should only be taken on
filesystems of the specified type.
More than one type may be specified in a comma separated list.
@@ -222,7 +226,7 @@ mounts all filesystems except those of type
and
.Tn MFS .
.Pp
-.Nm Mount
+.Nm mount
will attempt to execute a program in
.Pa /sbin/mount_ Ns Em XXX
where
@@ -266,7 +270,7 @@ The file system object is to be read and write.
The options specific to the various file system types are
described in the manual pages for those file systems'
.Nm mount_XXX
-commands. For instance the options specific to Berkeley
+commands. For instance, the options specific to Berkekely
Fast File Systems are described in the
.Xr mount_ffs 8
manual page.