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diff --git a/usr.bin/finger/finger.1 b/usr.bin/finger/finger.1
index 4c00c54..a26b0d4 100644
--- a/usr.bin/finger/finger.1
+++ b/usr.bin/finger/finger.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)finger.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 5/5/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd August 1, 1997
+.Dd July 22, 2002
.Dt FINGER 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The
utility displays information about the system users.
.Pp
Options are:
-.Bl -tag -width flag
+.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl 4
Forces
.Nm
@@ -82,37 +82,33 @@ is displayed rather than the hours and minutes.
.Pp
Unknown devices as well as nonexistent idle and login times are
displayed as single asterisks.
-.Pp
.It Fl h
When used in conjunction with the
.Fl s
option, the name of the remote host is displayed instead of the office
location and office phone.
-.Pp
.It Fl o
When used in conjunction with the
.Fl s
option, the office location and office phone information is displayed
instead of the name of the remote host.
-.Pp
.It Fl g
This option restricts the gecos output to only the users' real
name. It also has the side-effect of restricting the output
of the remote host when used in conjunction with the
.Fl h
option.
-.Pp
.It Fl l
Produce a multi-line format displaying all of the information
described for the
.Fl s
option as well as the user's home directory, home phone number, login
shell, mail status, and the contents of the files
-.Dq Pa .forward ,
-.Dq Pa .plan ,
-.Dq Pa .project
+.Pa .forward ,
+.Pa .plan ,
+.Pa .project
and
-.Dq Pa .pubkey
+.Pa .pubkey
from the user's home directory.
.Pp
If idle time is at least a minute and less than a day, it is
@@ -136,7 +132,6 @@ Mail status is shown as ``No Mail.'' if there is no mail at all, ``Mail
last read DDD MMM ## HH:MM YYYY (TZ)'' if the person has looked at their
mailbox since new mail arriving, or ``New mail received ...'', ``Unread
since ...'' if they have new mail.
-.Pp
.It Fl p
Prevent
the
@@ -144,11 +139,11 @@ the
option of
.Nm
from displaying the contents of the
-.Dq Pa .forward ,
-.Dq Pa .plan ,
-.Dq Pa .project
+.Pa .forward ,
+.Pa .plan ,
+.Pa .project
and
-.Dq Pa .pubkey
+.Pa .pubkey
files.
.It Fl m
Prevent matching of
@@ -162,7 +157,6 @@ option is supplied.
All name matching performed by
.Nm
is case insensitive.
-.Pp
.It Fl T
Disable the piggybacking of data on the initial connection request.
This option is needed to finger hosts with a broken TCP implementation.
@@ -202,7 +196,7 @@ The
option is the only option that may be passed to a remote machine.
.Pp
If the file
-.Dq Pa .nofinger
+.Pa .nofinger
exists in the user's home directory,
.Nm
behaves as if the user in question does not exist.
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