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diff --git a/share/man/man4/carp.4 b/share/man/man4/carp.4
index b92dbd6f442..3243aded5de 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/carp.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/carp.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: carp.4,v 1.25 2007/03/19 07:28:43 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: carp.4,v 1.26 2007/04/17 08:26:35 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003, Ryan McBride. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Finally
is used to specify which interface the
.Nm
device attaches to.
-If unspecified, the kernel attempts to set carpdev by looking for
+If unspecified, the kernel attempts to set it by looking for
another interface with the same subnet.
These configurations can be done using
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ interfaces as a group.
When the option is enabled and one of the
.Nm
enabled physical interfaces
-goes down, advskew is changed to 240 on all
+goes down,
+.Cm advskew
+is changed to 240 on all
.Nm
interfaces.
See also the first example.
@@ -274,14 +276,17 @@ This is the setup for host A:
# ifconfig carp1 192.168.2.1 vhid 2
.Ed
.Pp
-The setup for host B is identical, but it has a higher advskew:
+The setup for host B is identical, but it has a higher
+.Cm advskew :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# ifconfig carp0 192.168.1.1 vhid 1 advskew 100
# ifconfig carp1 192.168.2.1 vhid 2 advskew 100
.Ed
.Pp
Because of the preempt option, when one of the physical interfaces of
-host A fails, advskew is adjusted to 240 on all its
+host A fails,
+.Cm advskew
+is adjusted to 240 on all its
.Nm
interfaces.
This will cause host B to preempt on both interfaces instead of