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diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.8 b/usr.sbin/config/config.8
index bbd1dd344cc..391502908c7 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/config.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: config.8,v 1.59 2013/08/14 08:39:32 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: config.8,v 1.60 2014/01/20 01:11:49 schwarze Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: config.8,v 1.10 1996/08/31 20:58:16 mycroft Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\"
.\" from: @(#)config.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 14 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 20 2014 $
.Dt CONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -172,21 +172,21 @@ directive at the beginning of the system configuration file.
The configuration files consists of various statements which
include the following:
.Bl -tag -offset indent -width indent
-.It machine Ar var
+.It Ic machine Ar var
Required.
Specifies the machine architecture.
-.It include Ar file
+.It Ic include Ar file
Include another configuration file.
-.It option Ar name
+.It Ic option Ar name
Set a kernel option.
Kernel options may take either the form
.Ar NAME
or the form
-.Ar NAME=value .
+.Ar NAME Ns = Ns Ar value .
These options are passed to the compiler with the
.Fl D
flag.
-.It rmoption Ar name
+.It Ic rmoption Ar name
Delete a previously set option.
This is useful when including another kernel configuration file.
A typical use is to include the
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ A typical use is to include the
kernel provided with each release and remove options that are
unwanted, thus allowing for automatic inclusion of new device
drivers.
-.It maxusers Ar number
+.It Ic maxusers Ar number
Required.
Used to size various system tables and maximum operating conditions
in an approximate fashion.
@@ -204,10 +204,13 @@ warnings will be printed for each duplicate value.
This is convenient when used with the
.Va include
directive.
-.It config Ar bsd root on "dev [swap on dev [and dev ...]] [dumps on dev [and dev ...]]"
+.It Xo Ic config Cm bsd root on Ar dev
+.Op Cm swap on Ar dev Op Cm and Ar dev ...
+.Op Cm dumps on Ar dev Op Cm and Ar dev ...
+.Xc
Required.
Specifies the swap and dump devices which the system should use.
-.It config Ar bsd swap generic
+.It Ic config Cm bsd swap generic
Otherwise, if generic is specified, the system follows generic routines to
decide what should happen.
.El
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ The commands are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "disable attr val | devno | dev"
.It Ic add Ar dev
Add a device through copying another.
-.It Ic base Ar 8 | 10 | 16
+.It Ic base Cm 8 | 10 | 16
Change the base of numbers displayed and entered,
e.g. I/O addresses in a VAXen are octal.
.It Ic bufcachepercent Op Ar number