-.\" $OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.360 2021/01/17 20:35:31 sthen Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.361 2021/02/01 16:39:50 sthen Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.11 1996/01/04 21:27:29 pk Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.16 1998/02/01 07:03:29 steve Exp $
.\"
.\"
.\" @(#)ifconfig.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 17 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 1 2021 $
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.It Cm carpdemote Op Ar number
Increase
.Xr carp 4
-demote count for given interface group by
+demotion counter for given interface group by
.Ar number .
Acceptable values are 0 to 128.
If
.Ar number
is omitted, it is increased by 1.
-Demote count can be set up to 255.
+The maximum value for a demotion counter is 255.
.It Cm -carpdemote Op Ar number
Decrease
.Xr carp 4
-demote count for given interface group by
+demotion counter for given interface group by
.Ar number .
Acceptable values are 0 to 128.
If
-.\" $OpenBSD: sasyncd.conf.5,v 1.19 2020/02/10 13:18:22 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sasyncd.conf.5,v 1.20 2021/02/01 16:39:50 sthen Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2005 HÃ¥kan Olsson. All rights reserved.
.\"
.\"
.\" Manual page for sasyncd.conf
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: February 10 2020 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 1 2021 $
.Dt SASYNCD.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Xc
Specify on which interface group
.Xr sasyncd 8
-should increase the demote counter.
+should increase the demotion counter.
This has the effect of suppressing
.Xr carp 4
preemption while initial