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diff --git a/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1 b/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1
index 00a76bec8e8..f2725b675dd 100644
--- a/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1
+++ b/usr.bin/xargs/xargs.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: xargs.1,v 1.24 2010/02/04 23:12:48 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: xargs.1,v 1.25 2010/03/25 01:03:57 schwarze Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD: xargs.1,v 1.30 2003/05/21 21:07:28 ru Exp $$
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)xargs.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: February 4 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 25 2010 $
.Dt XARGS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ Call
.Ar utility
for every
.Ar number
-of lines read.
+of non-empty lines read.
+A line ending in unescaped white space and the next non-empty line
+are considered to form one single line.
If EOF is reached and fewer than
.Ar number
lines have been read then