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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\"
-.\" $Id: ngircd.8.tmpl,v 1.1 2006/12/25 16:13:26 alex Exp $
+.\" ngircd(8) manual page template
 .\"
-.TH ngircd 8 "August 2005" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd 8 "Dec 2010" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
 .SH NAME
 ngIRCd \- the next generation IRC daemon
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows with Cygwin.
 .PP
 As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake and GNU autoconf
 there are good chances that it also supports other UNIX-based operating
-systems as well.
+systems as well. By default, ngIRCd writes diagnostic and informational messages using
+the syslog mechanism.
 .SH OPTIONS
 The default behaviour of
 .BR ngircd
@@ -49,10 +50,10 @@ CONNECT later on as IRC Operator to link this ngIRCd to other servers.
 \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
@@ -63,16 +64,24 @@ The system wide default configuration file.
 .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)