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diff --git a/sbin/slattach/slattach.8 b/sbin/slattach/slattach.8
index 83eb98100111..d0ba8b54a950 100644
--- a/sbin/slattach/slattach.8
+++ b/sbin/slattach/slattach.8
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@
.Op Fl S Ar unit
.Ar ttyname
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Slattach
-is used to assign a tty line to a network interface,
+The
+.Nm
+utility is used to assign a tty line to a network interface,
and to define the network source and destination addresses.
.Pp
The following options are available:
@@ -131,8 +132,9 @@ When
is disconnected,
.Ql Nm "sh -c" Ar unit-command old \-1
is run.
-.Nm Slattach
-will abort if the unit number
+The
+.Nm
+utility will abort if the unit number
changes and
.Ql Fl u Ar \%unit-command
was not specified.
@@ -238,7 +240,9 @@ is a daemon).
Messages indicating the specified interface does not exit, the
requested address is unknown, the user is not privileged and tried to
alter an interface's configuration are logged there.
-.Nm Slattach
+The
+.Nm
+utility
also logs failure to set the controlling terminal or failure to install
signal handlers. Upon connection and redial the ttyname and baud rate
are logged and on shutdown the ttyname is logged.
@@ -266,5 +270,5 @@ process and can be examined by scripts in order to send a signal to
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .