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diff --git a/usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1 b/usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1
index 1794336..d4f4865 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1
+++ b/usr.bin/tcopy/tcopy.1
@@ -89,17 +89,19 @@ The
command appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .
.Sh BUGS
+.Bl -item
+.It
Writting an image of a tape to a file does not preserve much more than
the raw data.
Block size(s) and tape EOF marks are lost which would
otherwise be preserved in a tape-to-tape copy.
-
+.It
EOD is determined by two sequential EOF marks with no data between.
There are old systems which typically wrote three EOF's between tape
files.
.Xr tcopy 1
will erroneously stop copying early in this case.
-
+.It
When using the copy/verify option \-c
.Xr tcopy 1
does not rewind the tapes prior to start.
@@ -107,3 +109,4 @@ A rewind is performed
after writing prior to the verification stage.
If one doesn't start
at BOT then the comparison may not be of the intended data.
+.El
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