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diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
index afb9f8a..c9faa01 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
.Nd log systems messages
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl 46Acdknosuv
+.Op Fl 46ACcdknosuv
.Op Fl a Ar allowed_peer
.Op Fl b Ar bind_address
.Op Fl f Ar config_file
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ option is also specified.
Specify one specific IP address or hostname to bind to.
If a hostname is specified,
the IPv4 or IPv6 address which corresponds to it is used.
+.It Fl C
+Create log files that do not exist (permission is set to
+.Li 0600 ) .
.It Fl c
Disable the compression of repeated instances of the same line
into a single line of the form
@@ -283,7 +286,9 @@ include file
.Pp
For security reasons,
.Nm
-will not append to log files that do not exist;
+will not append to log files that do not exist (unless
+.Fl C
+option is specified);
therefore, they must be created manually before running
.Nm .
.Sh FILES
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