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diff --git a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
index 514acd19e59b..fe0a75a971c8 100644
--- a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
+++ b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)sysctl.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 17, 2011
+.Dd December 13, 2012
.Dt SYSCTL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl bdehiNnoRTqx
+.Op Fl f Ar filename
.Ar name Ns Op = Ns Ar value
.Ar ...
.Nm
@@ -80,6 +81,11 @@ This option is ignored if either
or
.Fl n
is specified, or a variable is being set.
+.It Fl f Ar filename
+Specify a file which contains a pair of name and value in each line.
+.Nm
+reads and processes the specified file first and then processes the name
+and value pairs in the command line argument.
.It Fl h
Format output for human, rather than machine, readability.
.It Fl i