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Index: head/usr.sbin/kgzip/kgzip.8
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--- head/usr.sbin/kgzip/kgzip.8
+++ head/usr.sbin/kgzip/kgzip.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 19, 1999
+.Dd August 2, 2016
.Dt KGZIP 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@
.Op Fl o Ar output
.Ar file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Bf -symbolic
+This utility is deprecated.
+Users are advised to use
+.Xr loader 8
+and compress the kernel with
+.Xr gzip 1 .
+.Ef
+.Pp
The
.Nm
utility compresses a kernel or some other bootable binary.
@@ -137,7 +145,12 @@
As symbols are lost, the usefulness of this utility for compressing
kernels is limited to situations where
.Xr loader 8
-cannot be used; otherwise the preferred method of compressing a kernel
+cannot be used.
+.Pp
+.Pa kgzldr.o
+is only available for the i386 and pc98 architectures.
+.Pp
+The preferred method of compressing a kernel
is simply to
.Xr gzip 1
it.

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