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diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
index faffac7088e..56069bfea88 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: syslogd.8,v 1.48 2016/09/23 19:05:55 bluhm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: syslogd.8,v 1.49 2016/09/24 11:30:59 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" from: @(#)syslogd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $NetBSD: syslogd.8,v 1.3 1996/01/02 17:41:48 perry Exp $
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 23 2016 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 24 2016 $
.Dt SYSLOGD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@
.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, pipes to
-other programs, other machines and/or users as specified by its
-configuration file.
+writes system messages to log files or a user's terminal.
+Output can be sent to other programs
+for further processing.
+It can also securely send and receive log messages
+to and from remote hosts.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds