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diff --git a/bin/date/date.1 b/bin/date/date.1
index d9d7d70..f473122 100644
--- a/bin/date/date.1
+++ b/bin/date/date.1
@@ -118,11 +118,10 @@ Print the date and time represented by
where
.Ar seconds
is the number of seconds since the Epoch
-.Po
-00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970;
+(00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970;
see
-.Xr time 3
-.Pc and can be specified in decimal, octal, or hex.
+.Xr time 3 ) ,
+and can be specified in decimal, octal, or hex.
.It Fl t Ar minutes_west
Set the system's value for minutes west of
.Tn GMT .
@@ -195,7 +194,9 @@ the clock goes back at 02:00 to 01:00, using
will be necessary to reach October 29, 2:30.
.Pp
When the date is adjusted to a specific value that doesn't actually exist
-.Pq for example March 26, 1:30 BST 2000 in the Europe/London timezone ,
+.Po
+for example March 26, 1:30 BST 2000 in the Europe/London timezone
+.Pc ,
the date will be silently adjusted forwards in units of one hour until it
reaches a valid time.
When the date is adjusted to a specific value that occurs twice
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