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diff --git a/bin/dd/dd.1 b/bin/dd/dd.1
index b34dcc6..eaf1b90 100644
--- a/bin/dd/dd.1
+++ b/bin/dd/dd.1
@@ -99,17 +99,12 @@ instead of the standard input.
.It Cm iseek= Ns Ar n
Seek on the input file
.Va n
-blocks. This is a synonym for
+blocks. This is synonymous with
.Cm skip= Ns Ar n .
.It Cm obs= Ns Ar n
Set the output block size to
.Va n
bytes instead of the default 512.
-.It Cm oseek= Ns Ar n
-Seek on the output file
-.Va n
-blocks. This is a synonym for
-.Cm seek= Ns Ar n .
.It Cm of= Ns Ar file
Write output to
.Ar file
@@ -118,9 +113,14 @@ Any regular output file is truncated unless the
.Cm notrunc
conversion value is specified.
If an initial portion of the output file is seeked past (see the
-.Cm seek
+.Cm oseek
operand),
the output file is truncated at that point.
+.It Cm oseek= Ns Ar n
+Seek on the output file
+.Va n
+blocks. This is synonymous with
+.Cm seek= Ns Ar n .
.It Cm seek= Ns Ar n
Seek
.Va n
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