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@@ -26,13 +26,18 @@
.Nm whatis
.Ar keyword ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
.Nm
+utility
searches a set of database files containing short descriptions
of system commands for keywords and displays the result on the
standard output.
+The
.Nm whatis
+utility
displays only complete word matches.
.Pp
+The
.Ar keyword
really is an extended regular expression, please read
.Xr grep 1
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