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diff --git a/contrib/openbsm/bin/auditd/auditd.8 b/contrib/openbsm/bin/auditd/auditd.8
index d680edd..b437524 100644
--- a/contrib/openbsm/bin/auditd/auditd.8
+++ b/contrib/openbsm/bin/auditd/auditd.8
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $P4: //depot/projects/trustedbsd/openbsm/bin/auditd/auditd.8#17 $
+.\" $P4: //depot/projects/trustedbsd/openbsm/bin/auditd/auditd.8#19 $
.\"
.Dd December 11, 2008
.Dt AUDITD 8
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ is configured to start on-demand using
.Pp
Optionally, the audit review group "audit" may be created.
Non-privileged
-users that are members of this group may read the audit trail log files.
+users that are members of this group may read the audit trail log files.
.Sh NOTE
To assure uninterrupted audit support, the
.Nm
@@ -72,33 +72,33 @@ the
.Pa audit_control
file.
.Pp
-If
+If
.Nm
is started on-demand by
-.Xr launchd 8
+.Xr launchd 8
then auditing should only be started and stopped with
.Xr audit 8 .
.Pp
-On Mac OS X,
+On Mac OS X,
.Nm
-uses the
+uses the
.Xr asl 3
API for writing system log messages.
-Therefore, only the audit administrator
+Therefore, only the audit administrator
and members of the audit review group will be able to read the
-system log entries.
+system log entries.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/security" -compact
.It Pa /var/audit
Default directory for storing audit log files.
.Pp
.It Pa /etc/security
-The directory containing the auditing configuration files
+The directory containing the auditing configuration files
.Xr audit_class 5 ,
.Xr audit_control 5 ,
.Xr audit_event 5 ,
and
-.Xr audit_warn 5 .
+.Xr audit_warn 5 .
.El
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
The historical
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ and are no longer available as arguments to
.Xr audit_event 5 ,
.Xr audit_warn 5 ,
.Xr audit 8 ,
+.Xr auditdistd 8 ,
.Xr launchd 8
.Sh HISTORY
The OpenBSM implementation was created by McAfee Research, the security
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