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diff --git a/share/man/man7/growfs.7 b/share/man/man7/growfs.7
--- a/share/man/man7/growfs.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/growfs.7
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
.Nm
script normally runs at the first boot after system installation.
If the boot disk is larger than the root file system and boot partitions,
+and the root file system is in the last partition,
.Nm
can expand the root file system.
It can also add a swap partition, with a default size of 10% of the boot disk.
@@ -99,12 +100,17 @@
in order to expand the root file system to the new size.
A new swap partition can be created during the expansion.
.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+The
+.Nm
+script only attempts to expand the root file system,
+and free space must be available immediately after the root partition.
+It is normally used on images that have a single file system.
The script requires that
-.Pa awk
+.Xr awk 1
be present and in the path.
This usually means that
.Pa /usr
-should be mounted prior to running the script.
+must be available prior to running the script.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -compact -width Pa
.It Pa /etc/fstab
@@ -114,7 +120,9 @@
.Ex -std
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fstab 5 ,
-.Xr rc.conf 5
+.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
+.Xr growfs 8 ,
+.Xr zpool 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm

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