Rewrite of the manual page to make it clear that NSI and InterNIC

are no longer the same organisation.

Submitted by:	Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1
index b2499e4..5408a77 100644
--- a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1
+++ b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ If no required whois-servers.net subdomain found, fallback
 to whois.crsnic.net provided.
 .It Fl i
 Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers
-.Pq Tn InterNIC
+.Pq Tn whois.networksolutions.com
 database.  It contains network numbers and domain contact information
 for most of
 .Tn \&.COM ,
@@ -89,7 +89,13 @@ for most of
 .Tn \&.ORG
 and
 .Tn \&.EDU
-domains.
+domains. NOTE! The registration of these doamins is now done by a number of
+independent and competing registrars and this database holds no information
+on the domains registered by organizations other than Network Solutions, Inc. 
+Also, note that the InterNIC database
+.Pq Tn whois.internic.net
+is no longer handled by Network Solutions, Inc. For details, see:
+http://www.internic.net/.
 .It Fl m
 Use the Route Arbiter Database
 .Pq Tn RADB