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diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 index b6926b30ea8..9b3ef1036d2 100644 --- a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 +++ b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: whois.1,v 1.5 1999/06/05 01:21:51 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: whois.1,v 1.6 1999/10/03 00:42:34 deraadt Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: whois.1,v 1.5 1995/08/31 21:51:32 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1990, 1993 @@ -69,11 +69,22 @@ database. It contains points of contact for subdomains of Use the specified host instead of the default NIC (whois.internic.net). Either a host name or an IP address may be specified. +.It Fl m +Use the Route Arbiter Database +.Pq Tn RADB +database. It contains route policy specifications for a large +number of operators' networks. .It Fl p Use the Asia/Pacific Network Information Center .Pq Tn APNIC database. It contains network numbers used in East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific islands. +.It Fl q +Construct the name of a whois server to use from the top-level domain +.Pq Tn TLD +of the supplied (single) argument, and appending ".whois-servers.net". +This effectively allows a suitable whois server to be selected +automatically for a large number of TLDs. .It Fl r Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens .Pq Tn RIPE |