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	diff --git a/usr.bin/column/column.1 b/usr.bin/column/column.1
	--- a/usr.bin/column/column.1
	+++ b/usr.bin/column/column.1
	@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
	.\" @(#)column.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
	.\" $FreeBSD$
	.\"
	-.Dd July 29, 2004
	+.Dd February 22, 2019
	.Dt COLUMN 1
	.Os
	.Sh NAME
	@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
	The
	.Nm
	utility formats its input into multiple columns.
	-Rows are filled before columns.
	+Columns are filled before rows.
	Input is taken from
	.Ar file
	operands, or, by default, from the standard input.
	@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
	option.
	Useful for pretty-printing displays.
	.It Fl x
	-Fill columns before filling rows.
	+Fill rows before filling columns.
	.El
	.Sh ENVIRONMENT
	The
	@@ -95,6 +95,16 @@
	.Nm
	command appeared in
	.Bx 4.3 Reno .
	+.Sh CAVEATS
	+Historical versions of
	+.Nm
	+indicated that "rows are filled before columns" by default, and that the
	+.Fl x
	+option reverses this. This wording did not reflect the actual behavior, and
	+it has since been corrected (see above). Other implementations of
	+.Nm
	+may continue to use the older documentation, but the behavior should be
	+identical in any case.
	.Sh BUGS
	Input lines are limited to
	.Dv LINE_MAX