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authordd <dd@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-27 23:08:57 +0000
committerdd <dd@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-27 23:08:57 +0000
commit057bf882e3678d2a8cb0feeaf6c89af57e5074e9 (patch)
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parentc42db86ef37319ecbb7df5e2b083141ac39126d1 (diff)
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Minor grammar cleanup.
Submitted by: Mike Barcroft <mike@q9media.com>
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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/whois/whois.111
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1
index 31dd5c1..0c1023f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1
+++ b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Either a host name or an IP address may be specified.
.Pp
By default
.Nm
-construct the name of a whois server to use from the top-level domain
+constructs the name of a whois server to use from the top-level domain
.Pq Tn TLD
of the supplied (single) argument, and appending
.Qq Li .whois-servers.net .
@@ -101,11 +101,10 @@ that server will be queried also, provided that the
.Fl Q
option is not specified.
.Pp
-If no required
-.Pa whois-servers.net
-subdomain found, fallback to
-.Pa whois.crsnic.net
-provided.
+If the query is not a domain name or IP address,
+.Nm
+will fall back to
+.Pa whois.crsnic.net .
.It Fl i
Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers
.Pq Pa whois.networksolutions.com
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