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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/mtrr.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/mtrr.4
index 3bc42f7a2df..bafb155ec41 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/mtrr.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/mtrr.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: mtrr.4,v 1.3 1999/12/23 15:34:35 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: mtrr.4,v 1.4 2000/04/03 21:19:38 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" Pentium MTRR driver for OpenBSD.
.\" Copyright 1999 Matthieu Herrb <matthieu@openbsd.org>
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-device provides access to the memory range attributes supported by the
-MTRRs on Pentiums.
+device provides access to the memory range attributes supported by the
+MTRRs on Pentiums.
.Pp
.Ss IOCTL INTERFACE
Several architectures allow attributes to be associated with ranges of physical
memory. These attributes can be manipulated via
.Fn ioctl
calls performed on
-.Pa /dev/mem
-or
+.Pa /dev/mem
+or
.Pa /dev/xf86 .
Declarations and data types are to be found in
.Aq Pa memrange.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ We believe the region to be invalid or otherwise erroneous.
.It MDF_FIXACTIVE
The region cannot be disabled.
.It MDF_BUSY
-The region is currently owned by another process and may not be
+The region is currently owned by another process and may not be
altered.
.El
.Pp
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ descriptors. If greater than 0, the array at
will be filled with a corresponding number of descriptor structures,
or the maximum, whichever is less.
.Pp
-The
+The
.Fa MEMRANGE_SET
ioctl is used to add, alter and remove memory range attributes. A range
with the MDF_FIXACTIVE flag may not be removed; a range with the MDF_BUSY
flag may not be removed or updated.
.Pp
-.Fa mo_arg[0]
+.Fa mo_arg[0]
should be set to MEMRANGE_SET_UPDATE to update an existing
or establish a new range, or to MEMRANGE_SET_REMOVE to remove a range.
.Pp