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diff --git a/share/man/man4/mly.4 b/share/man/man4/mly.4
index be968ab..681be41 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/mly.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/mly.4
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ The
.Nm
driver provides support for Mylex AcceleRAID and eXtremeRAID-family
PCI to SCSI RAID controllers with version 6.00 and later
-firmware. Supported controllers include:
+firmware.
+Supported controllers include:
.Bl -bullet
.It
AcceleRAID 160
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ verified.
.Pp
Logical devices (array drives) attached to the controller are presented
to the SCSI subsystem as though they were direct-access devices on a
-virtual SCSI bus. Physical devices which are not claimed by a logical
+virtual SCSI bus.
+Physical devices which are not claimed by a logical
device are presented on SCSI channels which match the physical channels
on the controller.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
@@ -69,8 +71,9 @@ Controller initialisation phase:
.It "mly%d: initialisation complete"
.El
.Pp
-The controller firmware has started initialisation. Normally this
-process is performed by the controller BIOS, but the driver may need
+The controller firmware has started initialisation.
+Normally this process is performed by the controller BIOS,
+but the driver may need
to do this in cases where the BIOS has failed, or is not compatible
(eg. on non-x86 systems).
.Bl -diag
@@ -126,8 +129,8 @@ controller.
.It "mly%d: BTL rescan result corrupted"
.El
.Pp
-The results of a scan for an attached device were corrupted. One or
-more devices may not be correctly reported.
+The results of a scan for an attached device were corrupted.
+One or more devices may not be correctly reported.
.Bl -diag
.It "mly%d: flushing cache..."
.El
@@ -242,8 +245,8 @@ attached to the device if possible.
.It "mly%d: enclosure %d unit %d access offline"
.El
.Pp
-These events refer to external enclosures by number. The driver
-does not attempt to name the enclosures.
+These events refer to external enclosures by number.
+The driver does not attempt to name the enclosures.
.Bl -diag
.It "mly%d: controller cache write back error"
.It "mly%d: controller battery backup unit found"
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