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	Index: sbin/newfs/newfs.8
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	--- sbin/newfs/newfs.8
	+++ sbin/newfs/newfs.8
	@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
	.\" @(#)newfs.8 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/3/95
	.\" $FreeBSD$
	.\"
	-.Dd January 7, 2021
	+.Dd April 17, 2021
	.Dt NEWFS 8
	.Os
	.Sh NAME
	@@ -291,6 +291,14 @@
	.It Fl S Ar sector-size
	The size of a sector in bytes (almost never anything but 512).
	.El
	+.Sh NOTES ON THE NAMING
	+.Dq newfs
	+is a common name prefix for utilities creating filesystems, with the suffix
	+indicating the type of the filesystem, for instance
	+.Xr newfs_msdos 8 .
	+The
	+.Nm
	+utility is a special case which predates that convention.
	.Sh EXAMPLES
	.Dl newfs /dev/ada3s1a
	.Pp