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diff --git a/usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.1 b/usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.1
index 5da7829635f..70075ea62a2 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.1
+++ b/usr.bin/ipcs/ipcs.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ipcs.1,v 1.9 1999/10/05 20:53:09 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ipcs.1,v 1.10 2000/03/08 03:11:29 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1994 SigmaSoft, Th. Lockert
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ and
options.)
.It Fl b
Show the maximum allowed sizes for active semaphores, message queues,
-and shared memory segments. The
+and shared memory segments.
+The
.Dq maximum allowed size
is the maximum number of bytes in a message on a message queue,
the size of a shared memory segment,
@@ -73,13 +74,15 @@ and shared memory segments.
Display information about active shared memory segments.
.It Fl o
Show outstanding usage for active message queues,
-and shared memory segments. The
+and shared memory segments.
+The
.Dq outstanding usage
is the number of messages in a message queue, or the number
of processes attached to a shared memory segment.
.It Fl p
Show the process ID information for active semaphores, message queues,
-and shared memory segments. The
+and shared memory segments.
+The
.Dq process ID information
is the last process to send a message to or receive a message from
a message queue,
@@ -91,7 +94,8 @@ Display information about active message queues.
Display information about active semaphores.
.It Fl t
Show access times for active semaphores, message queues,
-and shared memory segments. The access times is the time
+and shared memory segments.
+The access times is the time
of the last control operation on an IPC object,
the last send or receive of a message,
the last attach or detach of a shared memory segment,