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diff --git a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
index f55986b..03f540b 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ that should be handled by
.Nm .
Each line has five mandatory fields and four optional fields, with
whitespace separating each field. Blank lines or lines beginning with
-``#'' are ignored. The fields of the configuration file are as
+``#'' are ignored. If ``#'' is placed in the middle of the line,
+``#'' character and the rest of the line after it is ignored.
+To prevent special meaning, the ``#'' may be escaped with ``\\'',
+in this case preceding ``\\'' is removed and ``#'' treated as ordinary
+character. The fields of the configuration file are as
follows:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width indent
@@ -297,7 +301,7 @@ to archive all filenames matching this pattern using the same
options.
See
.Xr glob 3
-for details on matching rules.
+for details on syntax and matching rules.
.It Ar path_to_pid_file
This optional field specifies
the file name to read to find the daemon process id. If this
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