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diff --git a/usr.sbin/atm/scspd/scspd.8 b/usr.sbin/atm/scspd/scspd.8
index dcb432c..d369f61 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/atm/scspd/scspd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/atm/scspd/scspd.8
@@ -37,12 +37,14 @@
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl T Ns Aq Ar options
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Scspd
-is an implementation of the Server Cache Synchronization
+The
+.Nm
+utility is an implementation of the Server Cache Synchronization
Protocol (SCSP) for the Host ATM Research Platform (HARP)
networking software.
-.Nm Scspd
-synchronizes the cache(s) of server(s)
+The
+.Nm
+utility synchronizes the cache(s) of server(s)
running on a host with the caches of servers on remote hosts.
SCSP is defined for a number of different protocols, but the present
version of
@@ -71,8 +73,9 @@ and
must be running before any ATMARP
cache synchronization can take place.
.Pp
-.Nm Scspd
-implements SCSP as specified in RFC 2334,
+The
+.Nm
+utility implements SCSP as specified in RFC 2334,
.%T "Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (SCSP)"
and
.Pa draft\-ietf\-ion\-scspd\-atmarpd\-00.txt ,
@@ -472,8 +475,9 @@ statement specifies how
.Nm
is to log
information about its operation.
-.Nm Scspd
-can write log information to a file, to the system log,
+The
+.Nm
+utility can write log information to a file, to the system log,
or both.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Ic File Aq Ar file\ name ;
@@ -492,8 +496,9 @@ statement specifies that
.Nm
is to write
its log messages to the syslog facility.
-.Nm Scspd
-writes its messages to syslog with a facility code
+The
+.Nm
+utility writes its messages to syslog with a facility code
of
.Dv LOG_DAEMON .
.El
@@ -553,7 +558,7 @@ its control blocks to a text file (see
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Pa /etc/scspd.conf
-.Nm Scspd
+.Nm
default configuration file name.
A different file name can be specified with the
.Fl f
@@ -568,9 +573,10 @@ option.
.Pa .out
.Sm on
.Xc
-Debugging information dump file name.
-.Nm Scspd
-writes a summary of its control blocks to this file
+debugging information dump file name.
+The
+.Nm
+utility writes a summary of its control blocks to this file
when it receives a
.Dv SIGINT
signal.
@@ -586,9 +592,10 @@ number which is incremented every time a dump is taken.
.Pa .trace
.Sm on
.Xc
-Trace file.
-.Nm Scspd
-writes trace information to this file if the
+trace file.
+The
+.Nm
+utility writes trace information to this file if the
.Fl T
option is specified on the command line.
.El
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