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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/rename.2 b/lib/libc/sys/rename.2
index 9c5102655c5a8..d9e1b8351f0a9 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/rename.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/rename.2
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)rename.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $Id: rename.2,v 1.6 1997/02/22 15:04:16 peter Exp $
+.\" $Id$
.\"
.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt RENAME 2
@@ -69,32 +69,32 @@ If the final component of
is a symbolic link,
the symbolic link is renamed,
not the file or directory to which it points.
-.\".Sh CAVEAT
-.\"The system can deadlock if a loop in the file system graph is present.
-.\"This loop takes the form of an entry in directory
-.\".Ql Pa a ,
-.\"say
-.\".Ql Pa a/foo ,
-.\"being a hard link to directory
-.\".Ql Pa b ,
-.\"and an entry in
-.\"directory
-.\".Ql Pa b ,
-.\"say
-.\".Ql Pa b/bar ,
-.\"being a hard link
-.\"to directory
-.\".Ql Pa a .
-.\"When such a loop exists and two separate processes attempt to
-.\"perform
-.\".Ql rename a/foo b/bar
-.\"and
-.\".Ql rename b/bar a/foo ,
-.\"respectively,
-.\"the system may deadlock attempting to lock
-.\"both directories for modification.
-.\"Hard links to directories should be
-.\"replaced by symbolic links by the system administrator.
+.Sh CAVEAT
+The system can deadlock if a loop in the file system graph is present.
+This loop takes the form of an entry in directory
+.Ql Pa a ,
+say
+.Ql Pa a/foo ,
+being a hard link to directory
+.Ql Pa b ,
+and an entry in
+directory
+.Ql Pa b ,
+say
+.Ql Pa b/bar ,
+being a hard link
+to directory
+.Ql Pa a .
+When such a loop exists and two separate processes attempt to
+perform
+.Ql rename a/foo b/bar
+and
+.Ql rename b/bar a/foo ,
+respectively,
+the system may deadlock attempting to lock
+both directories for modification.
+Hard links to directories should be
+replaced by symbolic links by the system administrator.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
A 0 value is returned if the operation succeeds, otherwise
.Fn rename