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diff --git a/pw/pw.conf.5 b/pw/pw.conf.5
index 34daeef..06bccb7 100644
--- a/pw/pw.conf.5
+++ b/pw/pw.conf.5
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$Id: pw.conf.5,v 1.1.1.3 1996/12/10 23:58:59 joerg Exp $
+.\"	$Id: pw.conf.5,v 1.7 1997/10/10 06:23:34 charnier Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd December 9, 1996
 .Dt PW.CONF 5
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ files, allowing users and groups to be added, deleted and changed.
 This file may be modified via the
 .Xr pw 8
 command using the
-.Ql \&useradd
+.Ar useradd
 command and the
-.Ql \&-D
+.Fl D
 option, or by editing it directly with a text editor.
 .Pp
 Each line in
@@ -56,16 +56,18 @@ blank lines and lines commencing with a
 character are considered comments, and any remaining lines are
 examined for a leading keyword, followed by corresponding data.
 .Pp
-Keywords recognised by 
+Keywords recognized by 
 .Xr pw 8
 are:
 .Bl -tag -width password_days -offset indent -compact
 .It defaultpasswd
-affects passwords generated for new users
+affect passwords generated for new users
 .It reuseuids
 reuse gaps in uid sequences
 .It reusegids
 reuse gaps in gid sequences
+.It nispasswd
+path to the NIS passwd database
 .It skeleton
 where to obtain default home contents
 .It newmail
@@ -100,16 +102,16 @@ days after which password expires
 .Pp
 Valid values for
 .Ar defaultpasswd
-are
+are:
 .Bl -tag -width password_days -offset indent -compact
 .It no
-disables login on newly created accounts
+disable login on newly created accounts
 .It yes
-forces the password to be the account name
+force the password to be the account name
 .It none
-forces a blank password
+force a blank password
 .It random
-Generates a random password
+generate a random password
 .El
 .Pp
 The second and third options are insecure and should be avoided if
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ The final option causes
 .Xr pw 8
 to respond by printing a randomly generated password on stdout.
 This is the preferred and most secure option.
-.Xr pw 8
+.Xr Pw 8
 also provides a method of setting a specific password for the new
 user via a filehandle (command lines are not secure).
 .Pp
@@ -152,6 +154,13 @@ user's uid and gid the same.
 If the new user's uid is currently in use as a group id, then the next
 available group id is chosen instead.
 .Pp
+On NIS servers which maintain a separate passwd database to
+.Pa /etc/master.passwd ,
+this option allows the additional file to be concurrently updated
+as user records are added, modified or removed.
+If blank or set to 'no', no additional database is updated.
+An absolute pathname must be used.
+.Pp
 The
 .Ar skeleton
 keyword nominates a directory from which the contents of a user's
@@ -159,8 +168,8 @@ new home directory is constructed.
 This is
 .Pa /usr/share/skel
 by default.
-.Xr pw 8 's
-.Ql \&-m
+.Xr Pw 8 's
+.Fl m
 option causes the user's home directory to be created and populated
 using the files contained in the
 .Ar skeleton
@@ -231,7 +240,7 @@ file.
 This is useful where all users share some resources, and is preferable
 to placing users into the same primary group.
 The effect of this keyword can be overridden using the
-.Ql \&-G
+.Fl G
 option on the
 .Xr pw 8
 command line.
@@ -255,9 +264,9 @@ minimum and maximum respectively.
 The user and group id's actually used when creating an account with
 .Xr pw 8
 may be overridden using the
-.Ql \&-u
+.Fl u
 and
-.Ql \&-g
+.Fl g
 command line options.
 .Pp
 The
@@ -285,10 +294,8 @@ as comments.
 .It Pa /etc/group
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr pw 8 ,
-.Xr login.conf 5 ,
 .Xr passwd 1 ,
+.Xr group 5 ,
+.Xr login.conf 5 ,
 .Xr passwd 5 ,
-.Xr group 5
-
-
+.Xr pw 8