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diff --git a/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1 b/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1
index 20cd5ec5abd..277ba765d29 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mktemp/mktemp.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: mktemp.1,v 1.31 2022/03/31 17:27:25 naddy Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: mktemp.1,v 1.32 2024/03/01 21:50:40 millert Exp $
.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2013
+.\" Copyright (c) 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2013, 2024
.\" Todd C. Miller <millert@openbsd.org>
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 1 2024 $
.Dt MKTEMP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -36,9 +36,15 @@ The
.Ar template
may be any filename with at least six
.Ql X Ns s
-appended
-to it, for example
-.Pa /tmp/tfile.XXXXXXXXXX .
+in the last component of the filename, for example
+.Pa /tmp/tfile.XXXXXXXXXX
+or
+.Pa /tmp/editor.XXXXXXXXXX.txt .
+If there is more than one run of
+.Ql X Ns s
+in the
+.Ar template ,
+the last one will be used.
If no
.Ar template
is specified, a default of
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ is used and the
.Fl t
flag is implied (see below).
.Pp
-The trailing
+The final
.Ql X Ns s
are replaced with a unique digit and letter combination.
The name chosen depends both on the number of