1 files changed, 20 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/ld/ld.1aout b/gnu/usr.bin/ld/ld.1aout
index 7fbbd5d6ac17..ddd4899e1905 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/ld/ld.1aout
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/ld/ld.1aout
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ combines the object and archive files given on the command line into a new
 object file. The output object file is either an executable program, a
 shared object suitable for loading at run-time, or an object file that can
 once again be processed by
-.Nm ld.
+.Nm .
 Object files and archives are processed in the order given on the command line.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ The the symbol-file is taken as a base for link-editing the object files
 on the command line.
 .It Fl assert Ar keyword
 This option is here mainly for compatibility with SunOS
-.Nm ld .
+.Nm .
 Most conditions which would cause a Sun assertion to fail will
 currently always cause error or warning messages from
-.Nm ld .
+.Nm .
 The only keyword implemented by
-.Nm ld
+.Nm
 is
 .Nm pure-text ,
 which generates a warning if a position independent object is being
@@ -88,22 +88,21 @@ independent.
 .It Fl B Ns Ar dynamic
 Specifies that linking against dynamic libraries can take place. If a library
 specifier of the form -lx appears on the command line,
-.Nm ld
+.Nm
 searches for a library of the from libx.so.n.m
-.Po see the \&
+(see the
 .Fl l
-option
-.Pc
+option)
 according to the search rules in effect. If such a file can not be
 found a traditional archive is looked for.
 This options can appear anywhere on the command line and is complementary
 to
-.Fl B Ns Ar static.
+.Fl B Ns Ar static .
 .It Fl B Ns Ar forcedynamic
 This is similar to
 .Fl B Ns Ar dynamic
 except that if no dynamic libraries are linked against,
-.Nm ld
+.Nm
 will still produce a dynamic executable.  This is useful for programs
 which are static but still need to load dynamic objects at runtime.
 .It Fl B Ns Ar static
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ Force allocation of commons even producing relocatable output.
 Force alias definitions of procedure calls in non-PIC code. Useful to
 obtain shareable code in the presence of run-time relocations as such
 calls will be re-directed through the Procedure Linkage Table (see
-.Xr link 5)
+.Xr link 5 )
 .It Fl e Ar entry-symbol
 Specifies the entry symbol for an executable.
 .It Fl f
@@ -161,12 +160,12 @@ output. If the
 .Fl B Ns Ar dynamic
 option is in effect, a shared library of the
 form lib<spec>.so.m.n
-.Po where \&
+(where
 .Em m
 is the major, and
 .Em n
-is the minor version number, respectively
-.Pc is searched for first. The
+is the minor version number, respectively)
+is searched for first. The
 library with the highest version found in the search path is selected.
 If no shared library is found or the
 .Fl B Ns Ar static
@@ -187,29 +186,27 @@ Produce a
 output file.
 .It Fl nostdlib
 Do not search the built-in path
-.Po
-usually
-.Dq /usr/lib
-.Pc
+(usually
+.Dq /usr/lib )
 for
 .Fl l
 specified libraries.
 .It Fl O Ar filename
 Specifies the name of the output file.
 The file is created as
-.Ar filename .tmp
+.Ar filename Ns Pa .tmp
 and when output is complete renamed to
 .Ar filename .
 .It Fl o Ar filename
 Specifies the name of the output file. Defaults to
-.Dq a.out.
+.Dq Pa a.out .
 .It Fl Q
 Produce a
 .Dv QMAGIC
 (FreeBSD/BSDi-i386) output file.  This is the default.
 .It Fl r
 Produce relocatable object file, suitable for another pass through
-.Nm ld.
+.Nm .
 .It Fl R
 Record the given path within the executable for run-time library search.
 This only applies to dynamically linked executables.
@@ -273,7 +270,7 @@ options and preceding the built-in path.
 .Sh CAVEATS
 An entry point must now explicitly be given if the output is intended to be
 a normal executable program. This was not the case for the previous version of
-.Nm ld .
+.Nm .
 .Sh BUGS
 Shared objects are not properly checked for undefined symbols.
 .Pp
@@ -282,7 +279,7 @@ Cascading of shared object defeats the
 option.
 .Pp
 All shared objects presented to
-.Nm ld
+.Nm
 are marked for run-time loading in the output file, even if no symbols
 are needed from them.
 .Sh HISTORY