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@@ -32,24 +32,24 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"     from: @(#)chgrp.1      8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
-.\"    $NetBSD: chgrp.1,v 1.10 1997/12/21 18:11:19 kleink Exp $
+.\"     @(#)chgrp.1    8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1,v 1.13 2001/08/15 09:09:46 ru Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 31, 1994
 .Dt CHGRP 1
-.Os BSD 4.2
+.Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm chgrp
 .Nd change group
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
+.Op Fl fhv
 .Oo
 .Fl R
 .Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
 .Oc
-.Op Fl fh
 .Ar group
-.Ar files ...
+.Ar
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ operand to the
 .Ar group
 ID specified by the group operand.
 .Pp
-Options:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
+The following options are available:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
 .It Fl H
 If the
 .Fl R
 option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
-(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)
+(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed).
 .It Fl L
 If the
 .Fl R
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ option is specified, all symbolic links are followed.
 If the
 .Fl R
 option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.
+This is the default.
 .It Fl R
 Change the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted
 in the files instead of just the files themselves.
@@ -81,20 +82,14 @@ in the files instead of just the files themselves.
 The force option ignores errors, except for usage errors and doesn't
 query about strange modes (unless the user does not have proper permissions).
 .It Fl h
-If
-.Ar file
-is a symbolic link, the group of the link is changed.
+If the file is a symbolic link, the group ID of the link itself is changed
+rather than the file that is pointed to.
+.It Fl v
+Cause
+.Nm
+to be verbose, showing files as the group is modified.
 .El
 .Pp
-If
-.Fl h
-is not given, unless the 
-.Fl H
-or
-.Fl L
-option is set,
-.Nm
-on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect.
 The
 .Fl H ,
 .Fl L
@@ -117,24 +112,21 @@ The user invoking
 .Nm
 must belong to the specified group and be the owner of the file,
 or be the super-user.
-.Pp
-Unless invoked by the super-user,
-.Nm
-clears the set-user-id and set-group-id bits on a file to prevent
-accidental or mischievous creation of set-user-id or set-group-id
-programs.
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+.Ex -std
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+In previous versions of this system, symbolic links did not have groups.
 .Pp
 The
-.Nm
-utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Fl v
+option is non-standard and its use in scripts is not recommended.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /etc/group -compact
 .It Pa /etc/group
-Group ID file
+group ID file
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr chown 2 ,
-.Xr lchown 2 ,
 .Xr fts 3 ,
 .Xr group 5 ,
 .Xr passwd 5 ,
@@ -143,4 +135,6 @@ Group ID file
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Nm
-utility is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.
+utility is expected to be
+.St -p1003.2
+compatible.