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diff --git a/usr.bin/patch/patch.1 b/usr.bin/patch/patch.1
index ecaa00a4784..46d5c6c072e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/patch/patch.1
+++ b/usr.bin/patch/patch.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: patch.1,v 1.6 2001/12/01 16:43:22 wiz Exp $ -*- nroff -*-
+.\" $NetBSD: patch.1,v 1.7 2002/02/08 01:36:30 ross Exp $ -*- nroff -*-
.rn '' }`
.de Sh
.br
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ patch - apply a diff file to an original
but usually just
.sp
.B patch
-<patchfile
+\*[Lt]patchfile
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Patch
will take a patch file containing any of the four forms of difference
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ This option does not suppress commentary; use
.B \-s
for that.
.TP 5
-.B \-i <patchfile> or \-\-patchfile <patchfile>
+.B \-i \*[Lt]patchfile\*[Gt] or \-\-patchfile \*[Lt]patchfile\*[Gt]
Read the patch to be applied from the specified file.
.TP 5
.B \-t or \-\-batch
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ skip patches for which the file has the wrong version for the ``Prereq:'' line
in the patch; and assume that patches are reversed if they look like
they are.
.TP 5
-.B \-F<number> or \-\-fuzz <number>
+.B \-F\*[Lt]number\*[Gt] or \-\-fuzz \*[Lt]number\*[Gt]
sets the maximum fuzz factor.
This switch only applies to context diffs, and causes
.I patch
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ See also
.B \-o or \-\-output
causes the next argument to be interpreted as the output file name.
.TP 5
-.B \-p<number> or \-\-strip <number>
+.B \-p\*[Lt]number\*[Gt] or \-\-strip \*[Lt]number\*[Gt]
sets the pathname strip count,
which controls how pathnames found in the patch file are treated, in case
the you keep your files in a different directory than the person who sent
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ to ignore this patch from the patch file, but continue on looking
for the next patch in the file.
Thus
.sp
- patch -S + -S + <patchfile
+ patch -S + -S + \*[Lt]patchfile
.sp
will ignore the first and second of three patches.
.TP 5
@@ -431,12 +431,12 @@ This is the default.
Always make simple backups.
.RE
.TP 5
-.B \-x<number> or \-\-debug <number>
+.B \-x\*[Lt]number\*[Gt] or \-\-debug \*[Lt]number\*[Gt]
sets internal debugging flags, and is of interest only to
.I patch
patchers.
.SH AUTHOR
-Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com>
+Larry Wall \*[Lt]lwall@netlabs.com\*[Gt]
.br
with many other contributors.
.SH ENVIRONMENT