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diff --git a/usr.bin/split/split.1 b/usr.bin/split/split.1
index a25e3c6ea25..29b2a8d4471 100644
--- a/usr.bin/split/split.1
+++ b/usr.bin/split/split.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: split.1,v 1.15 2007/05/31 01:35:35 jschauma Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: split.1,v 1.16 2023/01/30 15:22:02 jschauma Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)split.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/16/94
.\"
-.Dd May 28, 2007
+.Dd January 28, 2023
.Dt SPLIT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -99,7 +99,12 @@ characters in the range
.Dq Li a-z .
If
.Fl a
-is not specified, two letters are used as the suffix.
+is not specified, two letters are used as the initial
+suffix.
+If the output does not fit into the resulting number
+of files, then the suffix length is automatically
+extended as needed such that all output files continue
+to sort in lexical order.
.Pp
If the
.Ar name