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-.TH ngircd 8 "Mar 2012" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd 8 "May 2020" ngIRCd "ngIRCd Manual"
 .SH NAME
-ngIRCd \- the next generation IRC daemon
+ngIRCd \- the "next generation" IRC daemon
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B ngircd [
+.B ngircd
+[
 .I Options
-.B ]
+]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR ngIRCd
-is a free open source daemon for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC),
-developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
+is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small
+or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
 .PP
-It's written from scratch and is not based upon the original IRCd like
-many others. It is easy to configure, supports server links (even with
-original ircd's) and runs on hosts with changing IP addresses (such as
-dial-in networks).
+The server is quite easy to configure, can handle dynamic IP addresses, and
+optionally supports IDENT, IPv6 connections, SSL-protected links, and PAM for
+user authentication as well as character set conversion for legacy clients. The
+server has been written from scratch and is not based on the "forefather", the
+daemon of the IRCNet.
 .PP
-Currently supported platforms include AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX,
-Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows with Cygwin.
+The name ngIRCd means
+.IR "next-generation IRC daemon",
+which is a little bit exaggerated:
+.IR "lightweight Internet Relay Chat server"
+most probably would have been a better name :-)
 .PP
+Currently supported platforms include AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Hurd, IRIX,
+Linux, Mac OS X, Minix, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows with Cygwin.
 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. By default, ngIRCd writes diagnostic and informational messages using
-the syslog mechanism.
+systems as well.
+.PP
+By default ngIRCd logs diagnostic and informational messages using the syslog
+mechanism, or writes directly to the console when running in the foreground
+(see below).
 .SH OPTIONS
 The default behavior of
 .BR ngircd