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diff --git a/contrib/ntp/ntpd/invoke-ntp.conf.texi b/contrib/ntp/ntpd/invoke-ntp.conf.texi
index 23569fc..7151efb 100644
--- a/contrib/ntp/ntpd/invoke-ntp.conf.texi
+++ b/contrib/ntp/ntpd/invoke-ntp.conf.texi
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
#
# EDIT THIS FILE WITH CAUTION (invoke-ntp.conf.texi)
#
-# It has been AutoGen-ed February 4, 2015 at 02:41:59 AM by AutoGen 5.18.5pre4
+# It has been AutoGen-ed April 7, 2015 at 04:25:50 AM by AutoGen 5.18.5pre4
# From the definitions ntp.conf.def
# and the template file agtexi-file.tpl
@end ignore
@@ -2482,7 +2482,7 @@ holds
the names of all peer variables and the
@code{clock_var_list}
holds the names of the reference clock variables.
-@item @code{tinker} @code{[@code{allan} @kbd{allan} | @code{dispersion} @kbd{dispersion} | @code{freq} @kbd{freq} | @code{huffpuff} @kbd{huffpuff} | @code{panic} @kbd{panic} | @code{step} @kbd{srep} | @code{stepout} @kbd{stepout}]}
+@item @code{tinker} @code{[@code{allan} @kbd{allan} | @code{dispersion} @kbd{dispersion} | @code{freq} @kbd{freq} | @code{huffpuff} @kbd{huffpuff} | @code{panic} @kbd{panic} | @code{step} @kbd{step} | @code{stepback} @kbd{stepback} | @code{stepfwd} @kbd{stepfwd} | @code{stepout} @kbd{stepout}]}
This command can be used to alter several system variables in
very exceptional circumstances.
It should occur in the
@@ -2539,6 +2539,19 @@ adjustments will never occur.
Note: The kernel time discipline is
disabled if the step threshold is set to zero or greater than the
default.
+@item @code{stepback} @kbd{stepback}
+The argument is the step threshold for the backward direction,
+which by default is 0.128 s.
+It can
+be set to any positive number in seconds.
+If both the forward and backward step thresholds are set to zero, step
+adjustments will never occur.
+Note: The kernel time discipline is
+disabled if
+each direction of step threshold are either
+set to zero or greater than .5 second.
+@item @code{stepfwd} @kbd{stepfwd}
+As for stepback, but for the forward direction.
@item @code{stepout} @kbd{stepout}
The argument is the stepout timeout, which by default is 900 s.
It can
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