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diff --git a/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1 b/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1
index c8208b19435..453abc94b1c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mkfifo/mkfifo.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: mkfifo.1,v 1.5 1998/07/24 00:43:55 espie Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: mkfifo.1,v 1.6 1998/09/26 19:55:08 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: mkfifo.1,v 1.4 1994/12/23 07:16:54 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
.Os BSD 4.4
.Sh NAME
.Nm mkfifo
-.Nd make fifos
+.Nd make FIFOs
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm mkfifo
.Op Fl m Ar mode
.Ar fifo_name ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Mkfifo
-creates the fifos requested, in the order specified,
+.Nm mkfifo
+creates the FIFOs requested, in the order specified,
using mode
.Li \&0666
modified by the current
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ modified by the current
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Fl m
+.It Fl m Ar mode
Set the file permission bits of newly-created directories to
.Ar mode .
The mode is specified as in
@@ -67,19 +67,20 @@ In symbolic mode strings, the
and
.Dq -
operators are interpreted relative to an assumed initial mode of
-.Dq a=rw
+.Dq a=rw .
.El
.Pp
-.Nm Mkfifo
+.Nm mkfifo
requires write permission in the parent directory.
.Pp
-.Nm Mkfifo
-exits 0 if successful, and >0 if an error occurred.
+The
+.Nm mkfifo
+utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mkdir 1 ,
-.Xr mknod 8 ,
.Xr rm 1 ,
-.Xr mkfifo 2
+.Xr mkfifo 2 ,
+.Xr mknod 8
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm mkfifo
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ utility is expected to be
.St -p1003.2-92
compliant.
.Sh HISTORY
+The
.Nm
-command appears in
+command appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .