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index d93e6acddd3..64d12baa0c1 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: newfs.8,v 1.64 2008/06/27 18:50:43 sobrado Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: newfs.8,v 1.65 2008/08/03 21:43:19 otto Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: newfs.8,v 1.12 1995/03/18 14:58:41 cgd Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)newfs.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/27/94
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: June 27 2008 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 3 2008 $
.Dt NEWFS 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ Typically the defaults are reasonable, although
.Nm
has numerous options to allow the defaults to be selectively overridden.
.Pp
+The
+.Ar special
+file should be a raw device,
+for example
+.Pa /dev/rsd0a ;
+if a relative path like
+.Pa sd0a
+is specified,
+the corresponding raw device is used.
+.Pp
.Nm mount_mfs
is used to build a file system in virtual memory and then mount it
on a specified node.