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	diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strlcpy.3 b/lib/libc/string/strlcpy.3
	--- a/lib/libc/string/strlcpy.3
	+++ b/lib/libc/string/strlcpy.3
	@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
	.\" OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
	.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
	.\"
	-.Dd May 1, 2020
	+.Dd October 27, 2023
	.Dt STRLCPY 3
	.Os
	.Sh NAME
	@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@
	.Fn strlcpy
	and
	.Fn strlcat
	-functions copy and concatenate strings with the
	-same input parameters and output result as
	-.Xr snprintf 3 .
	+functions copy and concatenate strings with the same input parameters and output result as
	+.Xr strcpy 3
	+and
	+.Xr strcat 3
	+with proper overflow protection.
	They are designed to be safer, more consistent, and less error
	prone replacements for the easily misused functions
	.Xr strncpy 3
	@@ -100,22 +102,7 @@
	.Fa dst
	strings overlap, the behavior is undefined.
	.Sh RETURN VALUES
	-Besides quibbles over the return type
	-.Pf ( Va size_t
	-versus
	-.Va int )
	-and signal handler safety
	-.Pf ( Xr snprintf 3
	-is not entirely safe on some systems), the
	-following two are equivalent:
	-.Bd -literal -offset indent
	-n = strlcpy(dst, src, len);
	-n = snprintf(dst, len, "%s", src);
	-.Ed
	-.Pp
	-Like
	-.Xr snprintf 3 ,
	-the
	+The
	.Fn strlcpy
	and
	.Fn strlcat