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diff --git a/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
index 82e057d4b8cf..dc6a9b8addfd 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/periodic.conf.5
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 22, 2000
+.Dd May 30, 2004
.Dt PERIODIC.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -659,25 +659,31 @@ As an example, this variable might be set to
if the portupgrade port has been installed.
.It Va pkg_version_index
.Pq Vt string
-This variable specifies the INDEX file from
+This variable specifies the
+.Pa INDEX
+file from
.Pa /usr/ports
that should be used by
.Xr pkg_version 1 .
Because the dependency tree may be substantially different between versions of
.Fx ,
-there may be more than one INDEX file in
+there may be more than one
+.Pa INDEX
+file in
.Pa /usr/ports .
.Pp
Note, if the
.Va pkg_version
variable is set to
-.Dq portversion ,
-it will also be necessary to arrange that the correct INDEX file is specified
+.Dq Li portversion ,
+it will also be necessary to arrange that the correct
+.Pa INDEX
+file is specified
using environment variables and that
-.Dq pkg_version_index
+.Va pkg_version_index
is cleared in
.Pa /etc/periodic.conf
-.Pq pkg_version_index= .
+.Pq Dq Li pkg_version_index= .
.It Va weekly_local
.Pq Vt str
Set to a list of extra scripts that should be run after all other