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diff --git a/usr.sbin/timed/timed/timed.8 b/usr.sbin/timed/timed/timed.8
index e368764..a3913bf 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/timed/timed/timed.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/timed/timed/timed.8
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)timed.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 6, 1993
+.Dd December 8, 2007
.Dt TIMED 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -77,19 +77,44 @@ are used by
This option may be specified multiple times
to add more than one network to the list.
.It Fl F Ar host ...
+.in +2
+.ti -2
+-
Create a list of trusted hosts.
-The
+.ti -2
+-
+Can take one or more parameters.
+.ti -2
+-
.Nm
-utility will only accept trusted hosts as masters.
+will only accept trusted hosts as masters.
If it finds an untrusted host claiming to be master,
.Nm
will suppress incoming messages from that host
and call for a new election.
-This option implies the
+.ti -2
+-
+Use real host names (resolvable by RDNS) not aliases (eg in
+.Xr named 8
+parlance: use A names, not C names).
+.ti -2
+-
+Use full names eg time1.domain.com not time1.
+.ti -2
+-
+.Fl F
+automatically includes the fuctionality of
.Fl M
-option.
-If this option is not specified,
-all hosts on the connected networks are treated as trustworthy.
+( so
+.Fl M
+does not need to asserted).
+.ti -2
+-
+If
+.Fl F
+is not specified,
+all hosts on connected networks are treated as trustworthy.
+.in -2
.It Fl M
Allow this host to become a
.Nm
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