Index: usr.bin/tail/tail.1 =================================================================== --- usr.bin/tail/tail.1 +++ usr.bin/tail/tail.1 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" @(#)tail.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 10, 2018 +.Dd March 22, 2020 .Dt TAIL 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -155,9 +155,12 @@ .Pp Keep .Pa /var/log/messages -open, displaying to the standard output anything appended to the file: +open, displaying to the standard output anything appended to the file +(potential file rotations are handled by the +.Fl F +flag): .Pp -.Dl $ tail -f /var/log/messages +.Dl $ tail -F /var/log/messages .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr cat 1 , .Xr head 1 ,