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--- a/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidb/acpidb.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidb/acpidb.8
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd August 7, 2003
.Dt ACPIDB 8
@@ -39,55 +39,58 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility is a debugger for the ACPI DSDT. It can parse and execute various
+utility is a debugger for the ACPI DSDT.
+It can parse and execute various
AML methods and display the result.
.Sh COMMANDS
.Ss General-Purpose Commands
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Ic Allocations
Display list of current memory allocations
-.It Ic Dump Ar Address|Namepath Op Byte|Word|Dword|Qword
+.It Ic Dump Ar Address | Namepath Op Cm Byte | Word | Dword | Qword
Display ACPI objects or memory
.It Ic EnableAcpi
Enable ACPI (hardware) mode
.It Ic Help
-Show various help screens.
+Show various help screens
.It Ic History
Display command history buffer
-.It Ic Level Ar DebugLevel Op console
+.It Ic Level Ar DebugLevel Op Cm console
Get/Set debug level for file or console
.It Ic Locks
Current status of internal mutexes
-.It Ic Quit or Exit
+.It Ic Quit No or Ic Exit
Exit the debugger
-.It Ic Stats Op Allocations|Memory|Misc|Objects|Tables
+.It Ic Stats Op Cm Allocations | Memory | Misc | Objects | Tables
Display namespace and memory statistics
.It Ic Tables
Display info about loaded ACPI tables
-.It Ic Unload Ar TableSig Op Instance
+.It Ic Unload Ar TableSig Op Ar Instance
Unload an ACPI table
-.It Ic ! Ar CommandNumber
+.It Ic !\& Ar CommandNumber
Execute command from history buffer
.It Ic !!
Execute last command again
.El
.Ss Namespace Access Commands
.Bl -tag -width indent
-.It Ic Event Ar F|G Ar Value
+.It Ic Event Cm F | G Ar Value
Generate AcpiEvent (Fixed/GPE)
.It Ic Find Ar Name
-Find ACPI name(s) with wildcards (? is wildcard).
+Find ACPI name(s) with wildcards
+.Ql ( ?\&
+is wildcard)
.It Ic Method
Display list of loaded control methods
-.It Ic Namespace Op <Addr>|<Path> Op Depth
+.It Ic Namespace Oo Ar Addr | Path Oc Op Ar Depth
Display loaded namespace tree/subtree
-.It Ic Notify Ar NamePath Ar Value
+.It Ic Notify Ar NamePath Value
Send a notification
.It Ic Objects Ar ObjectType
Display all objects of the given type
-.It Ic Owner Ar OwnerId Op Depth
+.It Ic Owner Ar OwnerId Op Ar Depth
Display loaded namespace by object owner
-.It Ic Prefix Op NamePath
+.It Ic Prefix Op Ar NamePath
Set or Get current execution prefix
.It Ic References Ar Addr
Find all references to object at addr
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ Find all references to object at addr
Get and display resources
.It Ic Terminate
Delete namespace and all internal objects
-.It Ic Thread Ar Threads Ar Loops Ar NamePath
+.It Ic Thread Ar Threads Loops NamePath
Spawn threads to execute method(s)
.El
.Ss Control Method Execution Commands
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ Display method arguments
Set an AML execution breakpoint
.It Ic Call
Run to next control method invocation
-.It Ic Debug Ar Namepath Op Arguments
+.It Ic Debug Ar Namepath Op Ar Arguments
Single Step a control method
.It Ic Execute Ar Namepath Op Arguments
Execute control method
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ Display method ASL statements
Display method local variables
.It Ic Results
Display method result stack
-.It Ic Set Ar A|L Ar # Ar Value
+.It Ic Set Cm A | L Ar # Value
Set method data (Arguments/Locals)
.It Ic Stop
Terminate control method
@@ -148,7 +151,9 @@ Load ACPI table from a file
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-utility first appeared in the acpicatools port.
+utility first appeared in the
+.Nm acpicatools
+port.
It was imported for
.Fx 5.2 .
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