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Authored by 0mp on Feb 3 2020, 3:41 PM.
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Summary

*-out is a complex way of phrasing the fact, and it causes
confusion for people.

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Ran mandoc -Tlint and igor.
None of the complaints were about anything I touched.

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Looks good to me. I also participated in that discussion on IRC and I confirm that it is indeed confusing.

Remember to bump the date ;)

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Feb 3 2020, 4:18 PM

Edited the date of the man-page.

This revision now requires review to proceed.Feb 3 2020, 4:41 PM

When you get around to it, you're welcome to commit this - as I don't have src access. :)

0mp edited reviewers, added: debdrup; removed: 0mp.
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@debdrup, alright!

@bcr, may I commit?

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Feb 3 2020, 5:58 PM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.