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diff --git a/share/man/man9/get_cyclecount.9 b/share/man/man9/get_cyclecount.9
index c673111..e3be78e 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/get_cyclecount.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/get_cyclecount.9
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd November 20, 2000
+.Dd October 24, 2009
.Dt GET_CYCLECOUNT 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ do not have such a register,
so
.Fn get_cyclecount
on these platforms
-returns the number of nanoseconds
+returns a (non-monotonic) combination of numbers
represented by the
structure returned by
-.Xr nanotime 9 .
+.Xr binuptime 9 .
.Pp
The
.Tn Pentium
@@ -77,18 +77,12 @@ processors all use the
register.
.Pp
The
-.Tn Alpha
-processors use the
-.Li PCC
-register.
-.Pp
-The
.Tn IA64
processors use the
.Li AR.ITC
register.
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr nanotime 9
+.Xr binuptime 9
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn get_cyclecount
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