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diff --git a/usr.bin/rcs/rcs.1 b/usr.bin/rcs/rcs.1
index 5bd0d759592..06e1e5825eb 100644
--- a/usr.bin/rcs/rcs.1
+++ b/usr.bin/rcs/rcs.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: rcs.1,v 1.37 2006/04/27 07:54:15 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: rcs.1,v 1.38 2006/04/27 09:48:34 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Jean-Francois Brousseau <jfb@openbsd.org>
.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Xavier Santolaria <xsa@openbsd.org>
@@ -84,6 +84,25 @@ option or
by appending the revision number to any option that supports it.
.Pp
.Nm
+supports the notion of
+.Em state .
+The state is an arbitrary string of characters used to describe a file
+(or a specific revision of a file).
+States can be set or changed using the
+.Fl s
+option, for RCS tools which support it.
+The state of a file/revision can be modified without having to check in
+a new file/revision.
+The default state is
+.Sq Exp
+(Experimental).
+Examples of states could be
+.Sq Dev ,
+.Sq Reviewed ,
+or
+.Sq Stab .
+.Pp
+.Nm
also supports
keyword substitution \(en
see