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diff --git a/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 b/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8
index c43e7b78378..028a420aee4 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: iostat.8,v 1.8 1998/09/05 17:41:48 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: iostat.8,v 1.9 1998/11/08 00:21:30 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: iostat.8,v 1.10 1996/10/25 18:21:57 scottr Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ statistics
.Op Fl w Ar wait
.Op Ar drives
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Iostat
+.Nm iostat
displays kernel
.Tn I/O
-statistics on terminal, disk and cpu operations. By default,
+statistics on terminal, disk and CPU operations. By default,
.Nm iostat
displays one line of statistics averaged over the machine's run time.
The use of
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ If no
.Ar wait
interval is specified, the default is 1 second.
.It Fl C
-Show cpu statistics. This is enabled by default unless the
+Show CPU statistics. This is enabled by default unless the
.Fl d,
.Fl D,
or
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ flags are used.
.It Fl d
Show disk statistics. This is the default. Displays kilobytes per
transfer, number of transfers, and megabytes transferred. Use of this
-flag disables display of cpu and tty statistics.
+flag disables display of CPU and tty statistics.
.It Fl D
Show alternate disk statistics. Displays kilobytes transfered, number of
transfers, and time spent in transfers. Use of this flag disables the
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ If no repeat
is specified, the default is infinity.
.El
.Pp
-.Nm Iostat
+.Nm iostat
displays its information in the following format:
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It tty
@@ -165,23 +165,23 @@ Seconds spent in disk activity
.It cpu
.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
.It \&us
-% of cpu time in user mode
+% of CPU time in user mode
.It \&ni
-% of cpu time in user mode running niced processes
+% of CPU time in user mode running niced processes
.It \&sy
-% of cpu time in system mode
+% of CPU time in system mode
.It \&in
-% of cpu time processing interrupts
+% of CPU time processing interrupts
.It \&id
-% of cpu time in idle mode
+% of CPU time in idle mode
.El
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev/mem -compact
.It Pa /bsd
-Default kernel namelist.
+default kernel namelist
.It Pa /dev/mem
-Default memory file.
+default memory file
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fstat 1 ,
@@ -192,5 +192,7 @@ Default memory file.
.Xr pstat 8 ,
.Xr vmstat 8
.Pp
-The sections starting with ``Interpreting system activity'' in
+The sections starting with
+.Dq Interpreting system activity
+in
.%T "Installing and Operating 4.3BSD" .