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diff --git a/usr.bin/tail/tail.1 b/usr.bin/tail/tail.1
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+++ b/usr.bin/tail/tail.1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" @(#)tail.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 5, 2009
+.Dd March 16, 2013
.Dt TAIL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -147,6 +147,17 @@ is the name of the file unless
flag is specified.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+To display the last 500 lines of the file
+.Ar foo :
+.Pp
+.Dl $ tail -n 500 foo
+.Pp
+Keep
+.Pa /var/log/messages
+open, displaying to the standard output anything appended to the file:
+.Pp
+.Dl $ tail -f /var/log/messages
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cat 1 ,
.Xr head 1 ,
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