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@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: phones.5,v 1.2 1998/11/26 04:25:59 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: phones.5,v 1.3 1994/11/30 19:31:25 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
@@ -47,16 +48,28 @@ private phone numbers for the
.Xr tip 1
program. This file is normally unreadable, and so may contain
privileged information. The format of the file is a series of lines
-of the form: <system-name>[\ \et]*<phone-number>. The system name is
-one of those defined in the
+of the form:
+.Pp
+.D1 Li <system-name>[\ \et]*<phone-number>
+.Pp
+The system name is one of those defined in the
.Xr remote 5
file and the phone number is constructed from any sequence of
-characters terminated only by ``,'' or the end of the line.
-The ``='' and ``*'' characters are
+characters terminated only by
+.Dq \&,
+or the end of the line. The
+.Dq =
+and
+.Dq \&*
+characters are
indicators to the auto call units to pause and wait for a second dial
-tone (when going through an exchange). The ``='' is required by the
+tone (when going through an exchange). The
+.Dq =
+is required by the
.Tn DF02-AC
-and the ``*'' is required by the
+and the
+.Dq \&*
+is required by the
.Tn BIZCOMP
1030.
.Pp