Try to standardize the options list introduction; it should read "The options

are as follows:", except in special cases.

diff --git a/sbin/mountd/mountd.8 b/sbin/mountd/mountd.8
index 3f5acf9..789afad 100644 (file)
--- a/sbin/mountd/mountd.8
+++ b/sbin/mountd/mountd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: mountd.8,v 1.12 1998/12/15 01:20:39 aaron Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: mountd.8,v 1.13 2000/03/04 20:02:23 aaron Exp $
 .\"    $NetBSD: mountd.8,v 1.11 1996/02/18 11:57:51 fvdl Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ RFC1094, Appendix A and
 .%T "NFS: Network File System Version 3 Protocol Specification" ,
 Appendix I.
 .Pp
-Options and operands available for
-.Nm mountd :
+The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl d
 Enable debugging mode.

diff --git a/sbin/routed/routed.8 b/sbin/routed/routed.8
index 7e28f9a..cec6c23 100644 (file)
--- a/sbin/routed/routed.8
+++ b/sbin/routed/routed.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: routed.8,v 1.27 1999/10/07 18:58:37 wvdputte Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: routed.8,v 1.28 2000/03/04 20:02:24 aaron Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -226,11 +226,9 @@ facility described below to support "legacy" systems
 that can handle neither RIPv2 nor Router Discovery.
 .Pp
 By default, neither Router Discovery advertisements nor solicitations
-are sent over point to point links (e.g. PPP).
-
+are sent over point to point links (e.g., PPP).
 .Pp
-Options supported by
-.Nm routed :
+The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl s
 Forces

diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
index d859089..0bf6fb0 100644 (file)
--- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: mail.1,v 1.25 1999/10/16 20:47:40 aaron Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: mail.1,v 1.26 2000/03/04 20:02:23 aaron Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ is an intelligent mail processing system which has
 a command syntax reminiscent of
 .Xr \&ed 1
 with lines replaced by messages.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width flag
 .It Fl v
 Verbose mode.

diff --git a/usr.bin/mesg/mesg.1 b/usr.bin/mesg/mesg.1
index 093ab83..082df4f 100644 (file)
--- a/usr.bin/mesg/mesg.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mesg/mesg.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: mesg.1,v 1.4 1997/07/31 14:56:32 flipk Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: mesg.1,v 1.5 2000/03/04 20:02:22 aaron Exp $
 .\"    $NetBSD: mesg.1,v 1.3 1994/12/23 07:16:31 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1990, 1993
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ and
 .Xr write 1
 may display messages on the terminal.
 .Pp
-Options available:
+The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width flag
 .It Cm n
 Disallows messages.

diff --git a/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 b/usr.bin/renice/renice.8
index 94e3027..7ee47b1 100644 (file)
--- a/usr.bin/renice/renice.8
+++ b/usr.bin/renice/renice.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: renice.8,v 1.8 1999/06/05 01:21:38 aaron Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: renice.8,v 1.9 2000/03/04 20:02:23 aaron Exp $
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ their scheduling priority altered.
 By default, the processes to be affected are specified by
 their process IDs.
 .Pp
-Options supported by
-.Nm renice :
+The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl g
 Force
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ anything negative (to make things go very fast).
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /etc/passwd -compact
 .It Pa /etc/passwd
-to map user names to user IDs
+for mapping user names to user IDs
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr nice 1 ,

diff --git a/usr.bin/talk/talk.1 b/usr.bin/talk/talk.1
index 488bab2..182d583 100644 (file)
--- a/usr.bin/talk/talk.1
+++ b/usr.bin/talk/talk.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: talk.1,v 1.7 1999/07/03 02:11:09 aaron Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: talk.1,v 1.8 2000/03/04 20:02:23 aaron Exp $
 .\"    $NetBSD: talk.1,v 1.3 1994/12/09 02:14:23 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 is a visual communication program which copies lines from your
 terminal to that of another user.
 .Pp
-Options available:
+The command arguments are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width ttyname
 .It Ar person
 If you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then

diff --git a/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1 b/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1
index 0fc3ae2..4dcb6cd 100644 (file)
--- a/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: chgrp.1,v 1.3 1998/11/08 00:21:27 aaron Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: chgrp.1,v 1.4 2000/03/04 20:02:24 aaron Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993, 1994
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -53,13 +53,10 @@
 .Ar group
 .Ar file Op Ar ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-The chgrp utility sets the group ID of the file named by each
-.Ar file
-operand to the
-.Ar group
-ID specified by the group operand.
+.Nm
+sets the group ID of the specified files.
 .Pp
-Options:
+The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl H
 If the

diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpq/lpq.1 b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpq/lpq.1
index c484a41..6a2f0cf 100644 (file)
--- a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpq/lpq.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpq/lpq.1
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@ specified jobs or all jobs associated with a user.
 invoked
 without any arguments reports on any jobs currently in the queue.
 .Pp
-Options:
-.Pp
-.Bl -tag -width indent
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl P
 Specify a particular printer, otherwise the default
 line printer is used (or the value of the

diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/pac/pac.8 b/usr.sbin/lpr/pac/pac.8
index 444fa78..545d1d9 100644 (file)
--- a/usr.sbin/lpr/pac/pac.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/pac/pac.8
@@ -45,15 +45,22 @@
 .Op Fl p Ns Ar price
 .Op Fl s
 .Op Fl r
-.Op Ar name ...
+.Op Ar user ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm pac
 reads the printer/plotter accounting files, accumulating the number
 of pages (the usual case) or feet (for raster devices)
-of paper consumed by each user, and printing out
+of paper consumed by each named
+.Ar user ,
+and prints out
 how much each user consumed in pages or feet and dollars.
 .Pp
-Options and operands available:
+When no
+.Ar user
+arguments are given, statistics are printed for every user who has used any
+paper.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width PPprinter
 .It Fl P Ns Ar printer
 Accounting is done for the named printer.
@@ -80,10 +87,6 @@ Reverse the sorting order.
 Accounting information is summarized on the
 summary accounting file; this summarization is necessary since on a
 busy system, the accounting file can grow by several lines per day.
-.It Ar names
-Statistics are only printed for user(s)
-.Ar name ;
-usually, statistics are printed for every user who has used any paper.
 .El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /var/account/?_sum -compact

diff --git a/usr.sbin/route6d/route6d.8 b/usr.sbin/route6d/route6d.8
index b19b8cd..96140f3 100644 (file)
--- a/usr.sbin/route6d/route6d.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/route6d/route6d.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: route6d.8,v 1.6 2000/02/25 10:28:25 itojun Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: route6d.8,v 1.7 2000/03/04 20:02:24 aaron Exp $
 .\"    $KAME: route6d.8,v 1.5 2000/02/25 06:15:05 itojun Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1996 WIDE Project. All rights reserved.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ The
 .Nm
 is a routing daemon which supports RIP over IPv6.
 .Pp
-Options are:
+The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .\"
 .It Fl a

diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpc.lockd/rpc.lockd.8 b/usr.sbin/rpc.lockd/rpc.lockd.8
index 36dddba..4c9b777 100644 (file)
--- a/usr.sbin/rpc.lockd/rpc.lockd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/rpc.lockd/rpc.lockd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: rpc.lockd.8,v 1.6 2000/01/22 02:17:52 aaron Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: rpc.lockd.8,v 1.7 2000/03/04 20:02:24 aaron Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 A.R.Gordon, andrew.gordon@net-tel.co.uk
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -46,22 +46,27 @@
 is a daemon which provides file- and record-locking services in an NFS
 environment.
 .Pp
-Options and operands available for
-.Nm rpc.lockd :
+The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Fl d
-The
-.Fl d
-option causes debugging information to be written to syslog, recording
+.It Fl d Op Ar debug_level
+Write debugging information to syslog, recording
 all RPC transactions to the daemon.  These messages are logged with level
-LOG_DEBUG and facility LOG_DAEMON.  If debug_level is not specified,
+.Dv LOG_DEBUG
+and facility
+.Dv LOG_DAEMON .
+If
+.Ar debug_level
+is not specified,
 level 1 is assumed, giving one log line per protocol operation.  Higher
 debug levels can be specified, causing display of operation arguments
 and internal operations of the daemon.
 .El
 .Pp
 Error conditions are logged to syslog, irrespective of the debug level,
-using log level LOG_ERR and facility LOG_DAEMON.
+using log level
+.Dv LOG_ERR
+and facility
+.Dv LOG_DAEMON .
 .Pp
 The
 .Nm rpc.lockd