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diff --git a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8 b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8
index 10986e0..70e2e81 100644
--- a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8
+++ b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@
.Oc
.Op Ar disks
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Vmstat
-reports certain kernel statistics kept about process, virtual memory,
+The
+.Nm
+utility reports certain kernel statistics kept about process, virtual memory,
disk, trap and cpu activity.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
@@ -251,7 +252,9 @@ cause the display to exceed 80 columns, however.
To force
.Nm
to display specific drives, their names may be supplied on the command line.
+The
.Nm
+utility
defaults to show disks first, and then various other random devices in the
system to add up to three devices, if there are that many devices in the
system. If devices are specified on the command line, or if a device type
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