-.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.8,v 1.46 2022/11/06 06:51:22 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.8,v 1.47 2022/11/06 07:39:30 otto Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2006 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
.\"
.Xr adjtime 2
will be logged.
.Pp
+At boot,
.Nm
-makes efforts to verify and correct the time at boot if constraints are
-configured and satisfied or if trusted servers or sensors return results,
+wlll stay for a maximum of 15 seconds in the foreground and make efforts to
+verify and correct the time if constraints are configured and
+satisfied or if trusted servers or sensors return results,
and if the clock is not being moved backwards.
.Pp
After the local clock is synchronized,