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diff --git a/share/man/man9/style.9 b/share/man/man9/style.9
index f53739a6df67..ed65ac67b0ad 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/style.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/style.9
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)style 1.14 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 17, 2015
+.Dd January 7, 2010
.Dt STYLE 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -503,14 +503,13 @@ Code which is unreachable for non-obvious reasons may be marked /*
.Pp
Space after keywords
.Pq Ic if , while , for , return , switch .
-Two styles of braces
+No braces
.Ql ( \&{
and
.Ql \&} )
-are allowed for single line statements.
-Either they are used for all single statements, or
-they are used only where needed for clarity.
-Usage within a file should be consistent.
+are
+used for control statements with zero or only a single statement unless that
+statement is more than a single line in which case they are permitted.
Forever loops are done with
.Ic for Ns 's ,
not