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diff --git a/bin/dd/dd.1 b/bin/dd/dd.1
index 85aca7bf94d7..bfe05eeee285 100644
--- a/bin/dd/dd.1
+++ b/bin/dd/dd.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)dd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/13/94
-.\" $Id: dd.1,v 1.5 1997/04/28 04:07:29 steve Exp $
+.\" $Id: dd.1,v 1.6 1997/10/11 20:09:04 joerg Exp $
.\"
.Dd January 13, 1994
.Dt DD 1
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Input data is read and written in 512-byte blocks.
If input reads are short, input from multiple reads are aggregated
to form the output block.
When finished,
-.Nm dd
+.Nm
displays the number of complete and partial input and output blocks
and truncated input records to the standard error output.
.Pp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ will be positioned past the block in which the error occurred using
Do not truncate the output file.
This will preserve any blocks in the output file not explicitly written
by
-.Nm dd .
+.Nm Ns .
The
.Cm notrunc
value is not supported for tapes.
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ in an integer, respectively.
Two or more numbers may be separated by an ``x'' to indicate a product.
.Pp
When finished,
-.Nm dd
+.Nm
displays the number of complete and partial input and output blocks,
truncated input records and odd-length byte-swapping blocks to the
standard error output.
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ This means that the final output block may be shorter than the output
block size.
.Pp
If
-.Nm dd
+.Nm
receives a
.Dv SIGINFO
(see the ``status'' argument for
@@ -319,17 +319,17 @@ signal, the current input and output block counts will
be written to the standard error output
in the same format as the standard completion message.
If
-.Nm dd
+.Nm
receives a
.Dv SIGINT
signal, the current input and output block counts will
be written to the standard error output
in the same format as the standard completion message and
-.Nm dd
+.Nm
will exit.
.Pp
The
-.Nm dd
+.Nm
utility exits 0 on success and >0 if an error occurred.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cp 1 ,
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ utility exits 0 on success and >0 if an error occurred.
.Xr tr 1
.Sh STANDARDS
The
-.Nm dd
+.Nm
utility is expected to be a superset of the
.St -p1003.2
standard.