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diff --git a/usr.sbin/sensorsd/sensorsd.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/sensorsd/sensorsd.conf.5
index dc697ab9814..4dc8060d02d 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sensorsd/sensorsd.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/sensorsd/sensorsd.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sensorsd.conf.5,v 1.14 2007/05/31 19:20:29 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sensorsd.conf.5,v 1.15 2007/06/05 04:10:56 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Matthew Gream <matthew.gream@pobox.com>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2007 $
.Dt SENSORSD.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Each valid sensor registered in the system
is matched by at most one entry in
.Nm ,
which may specify high and low limits,
-and whether sensor status changes provided by driver should be ignored.
-If the limits are crossed or if status provided by the driver changes,
+and whether sensor status changes provided by the driver should be ignored.
+If the limits are crossed or if the status provided by the driver changes,
.Xr sensorsd 8 's
alert functionality is triggered and a command, if specified, is
executed.
@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@ executed.
.Nm
follows the syntax of configuration databases as documented in
.Xr getcap 3 .
-Complete
+Sensors may be specified by their full
.Va hw.sensors
.Xr sysctl 8
-variable names are used to find entries,
-with a fallback to sensor types.
-For example, if an entry with a full name of a certain temperature
-sensor is not present in
-.Nm ,
-then an entry
-.Va temp
-will be looked at to determine the settings.
+variable name or by type,
+with the full name taking precedence.
+For example, if an entry
+.Dq hw.sensors.lm0.temp1
+is not found, then an entry for
+.Dq temp
+will instead be looked for.
+.Pp
The following attributes may be used:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "commandXX" -offset indent -compact
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Specify an upper limit.
.It Li low
Specify a lower limit.
.It Li istatus
-Specify to ignore status provided by the driver.
+Ignore status provided by the driver.
.El
.Pp
The values for temperature sensors can be given in degrees Celsius or
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ By default,
monitors status changes on all sensors that keep their state.
This behaviour may be altered by using the
.Dq istatus
-attribute,
-for example, you may specify to ignore status changes of sensors with
-certain type, or of any individual sensors.
+attribute to ignore
+status changes of sensors of a certain type
+or individual sensors.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/sensorsd.conf"
.It /etc/sensorsd.conf
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ such as drive failure, rebuild, or a complete failure, the command
will be executed, with the sensor number passed to it; however,
no alerts will be generated for status changes on timedelta sensors.
For all other sensors whose drivers automatically provide
-sensor status updates, alerts will be generated
+sensor status updates, alerts will be generated
each time those sensors undergo status transitions.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
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