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diff --git a/usr.bin/nice/nice.1 b/usr.bin/nice/nice.1
index 2531a9c..b017179 100644
--- a/usr.bin/nice/nice.1
+++ b/usr.bin/nice/nice.1
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ Negative numbers are expressed as
The returned exit status is the exit value from the
command executed by
.Nm nice .
+.Pp
+Some shells may provide a builtin
+.Nm
+command which is similar or identical to this utility. Consult
+the
+.Xr builtin 1
+manual page.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Pp
$ nice -5 date
@@ -89,6 +96,7 @@ Execute command
at priority -19 assuming the priority of the
shell is 0 and you are the super-user.
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr builtin 1 ,
.Xr csh 1 ,
.Xr idprio 1 ,
.Xr rtprio 1 ,
@@ -100,21 +108,3 @@ A
.Nm
command appeared in
.At v6 .
-.Sh BUGS
-.Nm Nice
-is particular to
-.Xr sh 1 .
-If you use
-.Xr csh 1 ,
-then commands executed with ``&'' are automatically immune to hangup
-signals while in the background.
-.Pp
-.Nm Nice
-is built into
-.Xr csh 1
-with a slightly different syntax than described here. The form
-.Ql nice +10
-nices to positive nice, and
-.Ql nice \-10
-can be used
-by the super-user to give a process more of the processor.
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