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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)whois.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 23, 2006
+.Dd October 2, 2009
.Dt WHOIS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
.Nd "Internet domain name and network number directory service"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl aAbdfgiIklmQrR6
+.Op Fl aAbdfgiIklmQrR
.Op Fl c Ar country-code | Fl h Ar host
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Ar name ...
@@ -212,17 +212,14 @@ This option is deprecated; use the
option with an argument of
.Qq Li RU
instead.
-.It Fl 6
-Use the IPv6 Resource Center
-.Pq Tn 6bone
-database.
-It contains network names and addresses for the IPv6 network.
-.El
.Pp
The operands specified to
.Nm
are treated independently and may be used
as queries on different whois servers.
+.El
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
.Sh EXAMPLES
Most types of data, such as domain names and
.Tn IP
@@ -255,15 +252,6 @@ but other
.Tn TLDs
can be queried by using a similar syntax.)
.Pp
-The following example demonstrates how to obtain information about an
-.Tn IPv6
-address or hostname using the
-.Fl 6
-option, which directs the query to
-.Tn 6bone .
-.Pp
-.Dl "whois -6 IPv6-IP-Address"
-.Pp
The following example demonstrates how to query
a whois server using a non-standard port, where
.Dq Li query-data
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