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diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/config.8 b/usr.sbin/config/config.8
index 8e6af76..d2a7448 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/config.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/config.8
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This is the old version of the
.Nm
-program.
+utility.
It understands the old autoconfiguration scheme
used on the HP300, i386, DECstation, and derivative platforms.
The new version of
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ Only the version of
applicable to the architecture that you are running
will be installed on your machine.
.Pp
+The
.Nm
-builds a set of system configuration files from the file
+utility builds a set of system configuration files from the file
.Ar SYSTEM_NAME
which describes
the system to configure.
@@ -102,8 +103,9 @@ containing device specifications, configuration options
and other system parameters for one system configuration.
.El
.Pp
+The
.Nm
-should be run from the
+utility should be run from the
.Pa conf
subdirectory of the system source (usually
.Pa /sys/ Ns Va ARCH Ns Pa /conf ) ,
@@ -111,8 +113,9 @@ where
.Va ARCH
represents one of the architectures supported by
.Fx .
+The
.Nm
-creates the directory
+utility creates the directory
.Pa ../compile/ Ns Ar SYSTEM_NAME
or the one given with the
.Fl d
@@ -135,16 +138,17 @@ definitions of
the number of various devices that will be compiled into the system.
.Pp
After running
-.Nm ,
+.Nm Ns ,
it is necessary to run
.Dq Li make depend
in the directory where the new makefile
was created.
+The
.Nm
-prints a reminder of this when it completes.
+utility prints a reminder of this when it completes.
.Pp
If any other error messages are produced by
-.Nm ,
+.Nm Ns ,
the problems in the configuration file should be corrected and
.Nm
should be run again.
@@ -251,5 +255,5 @@ The line numbers reported in error messages are usually off by one.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
.Bx 4.1 .
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