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diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/pkg_info.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/pkg_info.1
index 13f1bad4fb4..3d34be8a70d 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/pkg_info.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info/pkg_info.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: pkg_info.1,v 1.5 1999/02/27 13:44:20 espie Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pkg_info.1,v 1.6 1999/06/05 01:29:39 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" FreeBSD install - a package for the installation and maintainance
.\" of non-core utilities.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
.\"
.Dd August 22, 1998
.Dt PKG_INFO 1
-.Os FreeBSD
+.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pkg_info
.Nd a utility for displaying information on software packages
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.Op Fl cDdfIikLmpqRrvh
.Op Fl e Ar package
.Op Fl l Ar prefix
-.Ar pkg-name [pkg-name ...]
+.Ar pkg-name Op Ar ...
.Nm pkg_info
.Op Fl a Ar flags
.Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -73,19 +73,23 @@ option.
If the given
.Ar pkg-name
contains a
-shell metacharacter, it will be matched against all installed
+shell meta-character, it will be matched against all installed
packages using
.Xr fnmatch 3 .
.Xr csh 1
-style {,} alternates have also been implemented in addition to this.
+style
+.Dq {,}
+alternates have also been implemented in addition to this.
Package version numbers can also be matched in a relational manner
using the
-.Pa >=, <=, >
+.Dq >= ,
+.Dq <= ,
+.Dq > ,
and
-.Pa <
+.Dq <
operators.
For example,
-.Pa pkg_info -e 'name>=1.3'
+.Ic pkg_info -e 'name>=1.3'
will match versions 1.3 and later of the
.Pa name
package.
@@ -116,7 +120,9 @@ Show the mtree file (if any) for each package.
.It Fl p
Show the installation prefix for each package.
.It Fl q
-Be ``quiet'' in emitting report headers and such, just dump the
+Be
+.Dq quiet
+in emitting report headers and such, just dump the
raw info (basically, assume a non-human reading).
.It Fl R
Show which packages are required by each package.
@@ -140,7 +146,7 @@ package files. The current directory is always searched first, even if
is set. If
.Ev PKG_PATH
is used, the suffix
-.Pa .tgz
+.Dq .tgz
is automatically appended to the
.Ar pkg-name ,
whereas searching in the current directory uses
@@ -148,7 +154,9 @@ whereas searching in the current directory uses
literally.
.It Ev PKG_TMPDIR , Ev TMPDIR
These are tried in turn (if set) as candidate directories in which
-to create a ``staging area'' for any files extracted by
+to create a
+.Dq staging area
+for any files extracted by
.Nm
from package files. If neither
.Ev PKG_TMPDIR
@@ -180,7 +188,7 @@ in
.Xr pkg_create 1 ,
.Xr pkg_delete 1 ,
.Xr mktemp 3 ,
-.Xr mtree 8 .
+.Xr mtree 8
.Sh AUTHORS
.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
.It "Jordan Hubbard"