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@@ -63,11 +63,23 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-program
+utility
 allows editing of the user database information associated
 with
 .Ar user
 or, by default, the current user.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm chfn ,
+.Nm chsh ,
+.Nm ypchpass ,
+.Nm ypchfn
+and
+.Nm ypchsh
+utilities behave identically to
+.Nm .
+(There is only one program.)
+.Pp
 The information is formatted and supplied to an editor for changes.
 .Pp
 Only the information that the user is allowed to change is displayed.
@@ -151,14 +163,17 @@ Both of these fields should be unique across the system (and often
 across a group of systems) as they control file access.
 .Pp
 While it is possible to have multiple entries with identical login names
-and/or identical user id's, it is usually a mistake to do so.  Routines
+and/or identical user id's, it is usually a mistake to do so.
+Routines
 that manipulate these files will often return only one of the multiple
 entries, and that one by random selection.
 .Pp
 The
 .Ar group
 field is the group that the user will be placed in at login.
-Since BSD supports multiple groups (see
+Since
+.Bx
+supports multiple groups (see
 .Xr groups 1 )
 this field currently has little special meaning.
 This field may be filled in with either a number or a group name (see
@@ -252,8 +267,9 @@ for an explanation of the impact of setting the
 .Ev PW_SCAN_BIG_IDS
 environment variable.
 .Sh NIS INTERACTION
-.Nm Chpass
-can also be used in conjunction with NIS, however some restrictions
+The
+.Nm
+utility can also be used in conjunction with NIS, however some restrictions
 apply.
 Currently,
 .Nm
@@ -265,7 +281,7 @@ Except when invoked by the super-user on the NIS master server,
 .Nm
 (and, similarly,
 .Xr passwd 1 )
-can not use the
+cannot use the
 .Xr rpc.yppasswdd 8
 server to change other user information or
 add new records to the NIS passwd maps.
@@ -309,8 +325,9 @@ change any field.
 .Pp
 .It
 .Em "Password authentication is required" .
-.Nm Chpass
-will prompt for the user's NIS password before effecting
+The
+.Nm
+utility will prompt for the user's NIS password before effecting
 any changes.
 If the password is invalid, all changes will be
 discarded.
@@ -323,8 +340,9 @@ choose to turn off this feature using the
 flag, described below.)
 .It
 .Em "Adding new records to the local password database is discouraged" .
-.Nm Chpass
-will allow the administrator to add new records to the
+The
+.Nm
+utility will allow the administrator to add new records to the
 local password database while NIS is enabled, but this can lead to
 some confusion since the new records are appended to the end of
 the master password file, usually after the special NIS '+' entries.
@@ -339,8 +357,9 @@ to the NIS password maps, provided the
 server has been started with the
 .Fl a
 flag to permitted additions (it refuses them by default).
-.Nm Chpass
-tries to update the local password database by default; to update the
+The
+.Nm
+utility tries to update the local password database by default; to update the
 NIS maps instead, invoke chpass with the
 .Fl y
 flag.
@@ -374,7 +393,7 @@ is compiled with NIS support:
 Force
 .Nm
 to modify the local copy of a user's password
-information in the even that a user exists in both
+information in the event that a user exists in both
 the local and NIS databases.
 .It Fl y
 Opposite effect of
@@ -384,10 +403,11 @@ This flag is largely redundant since
 operates on NIS entries by default if NIS is enabled.
 .It Fl d Ar domain
 Specify a particular NIS domain.
-.Nm Chpass
-uses the system domain name by default, as set by the
+The
+.Nm
+utility uses the system domain name by default, as set by the
 .Xr domainname 1
-command.
+utility.
 The
 .Fl d
 option can be used to override a default, or to specify a domain
@@ -428,7 +448,8 @@ When invoked by the super-user on the NIS master server,
 allows unrestricted changes to the NIS passwd maps using dedicated,
 non-RPC-based mechanism (in this case, a
 .Ux
-domain socket). The
+domain socket).
+The
 .Fl o
 flag can be used to force
 .Nm
@@ -462,20 +483,10 @@ and
 .%A Ken Thompson
 .%T "UNIX Password security"
 .Re
-.Sh NOTES
-The
-.Xr chfn 1 ,
-.Xr chsh 1 ,
-.Xr ypchpass 1 ,
-.Xr ypchfn 1
-and
-.Xr ypchsh 1
-commands are really only links to
-.Nm .
 .Sh BUGS
 User information should (and eventually will) be stored elsewhere.
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
 .Bx 4.3 Reno .