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@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
.Nd "Internet domain name and network number directory service"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl aAbdgiIklmQrR6
+.Op Fl aAbdfgiIklmQrR6
.Op Fl c Ar country-code | Fl h Ar host
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Ar name ...
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Use the American Registry for Internet Numbers
.Pq Tn ARIN
database.
It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world covered neither by
-.Tn APNIC
+.Tn APNIC , AfriNIC , LACNIC ,
nor by
.Tn RIPE .
.Pp
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ Use the US Department of Defense
database.
It contains points of contact for subdomains of
.Pa .MIL .
+.It Fl f
+Use the African Network Information Centre
+.Pq Tn AfriNIC
+database. It contains network numbers used in Africa and the islands of the
+western Indian Ocean.
.It Fl g
Use the US non-military federal government database, which contains points of
contact for subdomains of
@@ -112,7 +117,7 @@ Registry for Internet Numbers
If a query to
.Tn ARIN
references
-.Tn APNIC , LACNIC ,
+.Tn APNIC , AfriNIC , LACNIC ,
or
.Tn RIPE ,
that server will be queried also, provided that the
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