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diff --git a/sbin/init/init.8 b/sbin/init/init.8
index 38d46ac3d72d..54e1f0df5b77 100644
--- a/sbin/init/init.8
+++ b/sbin/init/init.8
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)init.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
-.\" $Id: init.8,v 1.12 1998/07/06 06:56:07 charnier Exp $
+.\" $Id: init.8,v 1.13 1998/12/16 16:50:12 ghelmer Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 18, 1994
.Dt INIT 8
@@ -252,6 +252,14 @@ signal, i.e.
This is useful for shutting the machine down cleanly from inside the kernel
or from X when the machine appears to be hung.
.Pp
+.Nm Init
+will do the same, except it will shutdown the machine if sent
+the user defined signal 1
+.Pq Dv USR1 ,
+or will shutdown and turn the power off (if hardware permits) if sent
+the user defined signal 2
+.Pq Dv USR2 .
+.Pp
When shutting down the machine,
.Nm
will try to run the
@@ -286,7 +294,7 @@ that is stuck in a device driver because of
a persistent device error condition.
.El
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /var/log/wtmp -compact
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/rc.shutdown -compact
.It Pa /dev/console
system console device
.It Pa /dev/tty*
@@ -318,7 +326,7 @@ system shutdown commands
.Xr shutdown 8 ,
.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
-A
+An
.Nm
command appeared in
.At v6 .