-.\" $OpenBSD: elf.5,v 1.37 2019/12/01 13:10:51 jsg Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: elf.5,v 1.38 2021/02/27 18:58:59 jmc Exp $
.\"Copyright (c) 1999 Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
.\"All rights reserved.
.\"
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man5/elf.5,v 1.21 2001/10/01 16:09:23 ru Exp $
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.Dt ELF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Dv SHT_NOTE .
No attribute types are used.
.Ox
-native executables usually contain a
+native executables must contain a
.Sy .note.openbsd.ident
-section to identify themselves, for the kernel to bypass any compatibility
-ELF binary emulation tests when loading the file.
+section to identify themselves.
.It .plt
This section holds the procedure linkage table.
This section is of type