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diff --git a/sbin/fsck_ffs/fsck_ffs.8 b/sbin/fsck_ffs/fsck_ffs.8
index db91f329c571..ee0f7780ed2a 100644
--- a/sbin/fsck_ffs/fsck_ffs.8
+++ b/sbin/fsck_ffs/fsck_ffs.8
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" @(#)fsck.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
-.|' $Id$
+.\" @(#)fsck.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/9/95
+.|' $Id: fsck.8,v 1.8 1997/02/22 14:32:23 peter Exp $
.\"
-.Dd December 11, 1993
+.Dd May 9, 1995
.Dt FSCK 8
.Os BSD 4
.Sh NAME
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ of the device name that ends in a digit; the remaining characters are assumed
to be the partition designator.
.Pp
The clean flag of each filesystem's superblock is examined and only those filesystems that
-are not marked clean are checked. If the
+are not marked clean are checked.
+Filesystems are marked clean when they are unmounted,
+when they have been mounted read-only, or when
+.Nm fsck
+runs on them successfully.
+If the
.Fl f
option is specified, the filesystems
will be checked regardless of the state of their clean flag.
@@ -189,7 +194,7 @@ do not open the filesystem for writing.
Convert the filesystem to the specified level.
Note that the level of a filesystem can only be raised.
.Bl -tag -width indent
-There are currently three levels defined:
+There are currently four levels defined:
.It 0
The filesystem is in the old (static table) format.
.It 1
@@ -198,6 +203,10 @@ The filesystem is in the new (dynamic table) format.
The filesystem supports 32-bit uid's and gid's,
short symbolic links are stored in the inode,
and directories have an added field showing the file type.
+.It 3
+If maxcontig is greater than one,
+build the free segment maps to aid in finding contiguous sets of blocks.
+If maxcontig is equal to one, delete any existing segment maps.
.El
.Pp
In interactive mode,