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	diff --git a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8
	--- a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8
	+++ b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8
	@@ -228,6 +228,20 @@
	.Va hw.physmem
	.Xr sysctl 8
	variable.
	+.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
	+The following
	+.Xr sysctl 8
	+variables can be used to modify or monitor the behavior of crash dumps:
	+.Bl -tag -width "machdep.dump_retry_count"
	+.It Va debug.minidump
	+Set the type of kernel crash dump.
	+Possible values are 0 for a full crash dump or 1 for a minidump.
	+The default is minidump.
	+.It Va machdep.dump_retry_count
	+The maximum number of times dump will retry before giving up.
	+The default value is 5.
	+This sysctl is only supported on PowerPC and AMD64.
	+.El
	.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
	Because the file system layer is already dead by the time a crash dump
	is taken, it is not possible to send crash dumps directly to a file.
	@@ -377,6 +391,7 @@
	.Xr loader 8 ,
	.Xr rc 8 ,
	.Xr savecore 8 ,
	+.Xr sysctl 8 ,
	.Xr swapon 8 ,
	.Xr panic 9
	.Sh HISTORY