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diff --git a/usr.sbin/acpi/amldb/amldb.8 b/usr.sbin/acpi/amldb/amldb.8
index d10e900b7a21..ba988f25b3e3 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/acpi/amldb/amldb.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/acpi/amldb/amldb.8
@@ -40,15 +40,17 @@
.Op Fl dhst
.Ar dsdt_file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Amldb
-parses the DSDT
+The
+.Nm
+utility parses the DSDT
(Differentiated System Description Table)
files, which usually are acquired from ACPI BIOS, and executes
the sequence of ACPI Control Methods described in AML
(ACPI Machine Language)
with its AML interpreter.
-.Nm Amldb
-also has a simple ACPI virtual machine. During execution of the
+The
+.Nm
+utility also has a simple ACPI virtual machine. During execution of the
Control Methods each access to the region, such as
SystemMemory, SystemIO, PCI_Config, does not affect the real
hardware but only the virtual machine.
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ DSDT data file is read.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following is an example including, invoking the
-.Nm ,
+.Nm Ns ,
searching
.Li _PRS
(Possible Resource Settings)
@@ -332,5 +334,5 @@ and
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
.Fx 5.0 .