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diff --git a/usr.bin/cksum/cksum.1 b/usr.bin/cksum/cksum.1
index c94fceb..43fdf29 100644
--- a/usr.bin/cksum/cksum.1
+++ b/usr.bin/cksum/cksum.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)cksum.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
-.\" $Id: cksum.1,v 1.4 1997/06/25 07:02:00 charnier Exp $
+.\" $Id: cksum.1,v 1.5 1997/07/06 03:03:06 bde Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 28, 1995
.Dt CKSUM 1
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ r = s % 2^16 + (s % 2^32) / 2^16;
cksum = (r % 2^16) + r / 2^16;
.Ed
.Pp
+Algorithm 3 is what is commonly called the
+.Ql 32bit CRC
+algorithm.
+This is a 32-bit checksum.
+.Pp
Both algorithm 1 and 2 write to the standard output the same fields as
the default algorithm except that the size of the file in bytes is
replaced with the size of the file in blocks.
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