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diff --git a/usr.bin/readlink/readlink.1 b/usr.bin/readlink/readlink.1
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--- a/usr.bin/readlink/readlink.1
+++ b/usr.bin/readlink/readlink.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: readlink.1,v 1.5 2000/03/05 00:28:53 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: readlink.1,v 1.6 2000/03/10 20:17:50 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -46,11 +46,12 @@
.Ar file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Nm readlink
+.Nm
utility when invoked with the pathname of a symbolic link as its
argument dereferences the symbolic link and prints the name of target
-on standard output. If readlink is invoked with an argument other
-than the pathname of a symbolic link, it exits with a non-zero exit
+on standard output.
+If readlink is invoked with an argument other
+than the pathname of a symbolic link, it exits with a nonzero exit
code without printing anything.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
@@ -63,12 +64,12 @@ Do not print a trailing newline character.
.El
.Pp
The
-.Nm readlink
+.Nm
utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr readlink 2
.Sh HISTORY
The
-.Nm readlink
+.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Ox 2.1 .