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Index: usr.bin/tail/tail.1
===================================================================
--- usr.bin/tail/tail.1
+++ usr.bin/tail/tail.1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" @(#)tail.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd April 10, 2018
+.Dd March 22, 2020
.Dt TAIL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -155,9 +155,12 @@
.Pp
Keep
.Pa /var/log/messages
-open, displaying to the standard output anything appended to the file:
+open, displaying to the standard output anything appended to the file
+(potential file rotations are handled by the
+.Fl F
+flag):
.Pp
-.Dl $ tail -f /var/log/messages
+.Dl $ tail -F /var/log/messages
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cat 1 ,
.Xr head 1 ,
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