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diff --git a/usr.sbin/memcontrol/memcontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/memcontrol/memcontrol.8
index 998d9cd..989eb16 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/memcontrol/memcontrol.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/memcontrol/memcontrol.8
@@ -55,14 +55,16 @@ A number of supported system architectures allow the behaviour of the CPU
cache to be programmed to behave differently depending on the region being
written.
.Pp
-.Nm Memcontrol
+The
+.Nm
+utility
provides an interface to this facility, allowing CPU cache behavior to
be altered for ranges of system physical memory.
.Pp
These ranges are typically power-of-2 aligned and sized, however the specific
rules governing their layout vary between architectures. The
.Nm
-program does not attempt to enforce these rules, however the system will
+utility does not attempt to enforce these rules, however the system will
reject any attempt to set an illegal combination.
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.It Ar list
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