-.\" $OpenBSD: patch.1,v 1.33 2021/11/09 16:13:40 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: patch.1,v 1.34 2021/12/21 08:07:20 schwarze Exp $
.\" Copyright 1986, Larry Wall
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 9 2021 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 21 2021 $
.Dt PATCH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Pf \*(Lt Ar patchfile
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-will take a patch file containing any of the four forms of difference
+takes the text file
+.Ar patchfile
+containing any of the four forms of difference
listing produced by the
.Xr diff 1
-program and apply those differences to an original file,
+program and applies those differences to an original text file,
producing a patched version.
If
.Ar patchfile