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-.TH ngircd 8 "May 2008" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd 8 "Dec 2010" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
.SH NAME
ngIRCd \- the next generation IRC daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-configtest\fR
Read, validate and display the configuration; then exit.
.TP
-\fB\-\-version\fR
+\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Output version information and exit.
.TP
-\fB\-\-help\fR
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display a brief help text and exit.
.SH FILES
.I :ETCDIR:/ngircd.conf
.RS
Default "message of the day" (MOTD).
.RE
-.SH AUTHOR
-Alexander Barton,
-.UR mailto:alex@barton.de
-alex@barton.de
-.UE
+.SH SIGNALS
+The daemon understands the following signals:
+.TP
+\fBTERM\fR
+Shut down all conections and terminate the daemon.
+.TP
+\fBHUP\fR
+Shut down all listening sockets, re-read the configuration file and
+re-initialize the daemon.
+.SH HINTS
+It's wise to use "ngircd \-\-configtest" to validate the configuration file
+after changing it.
+.SH AUTHORS
+Alexander Barton, <alex@barton.de>
.br
-Homepage:
-.UR http://ngircd.barton.de/
-http://ngircd.barton.de/
-.UE
+Florian Westphal, <fw@strlen.de>
+.PP
+Homepage: http://ngircd.barton.de/
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ngircd.conf (5),
.BR ircd (8)