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diff --git a/lib/libsys/adjtime.2 b/lib/libsys/adjtime.2
--- a/lib/libsys/adjtime.2
+++ b/lib/libsys/adjtime.2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd May 13, 2021
+.Dd June 19, 2026
.Dt ADJTIME 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
advancing or retarding it
by the time specified by the timeval
.Fa delta .
+.Pp
If
.Fa delta
is negative, the clock is
@@ -55,6 +56,13 @@
.Fa delta
is positive, a larger increment than normal
is used.
+.Fa delta
+may also be a
+.Dv NULL
+pointer to fetch
+.Fa olddelta
+without making any adjustment.
+.Pp
The skew used to perform the correction is generally a fraction of one percent.
Thus, the time is always
a monotonically increasing function.
@@ -65,7 +73,9 @@
is called again.
If
.Fa olddelta
-is not a null pointer,
+is not a
+.Dv NULL
+pointer,
the structure pointed to will contain, upon return, the
number of microseconds still to be corrected
from the earlier call.

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