diff --git a/distrib/sets/lists/comp/mi b/distrib/sets/lists/comp/mi
index 3dfe0a4e9629..c5ab8482bc28 100644
--- a/distrib/sets/lists/comp/mi
+++ b/distrib/sets/lists/comp/mi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: mi,v 1.856 2006/02/25 01:44:15 christos Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: mi,v 1.857 2006/03/07 17:22:10 pooka Exp $
 ./etc/mtree/set.comp				comp-sys-root
 ./usr/bin/addr2line				comp-debug-bin		bfd
 ./usr/bin/ar					comp-util-bin		bfd
@@ -5234,7 +5234,7 @@
 ./usr/share/man/cat9/falloc.0			comp-sys-catman		.cat
 ./usr/share/man/cat9/fd_getfile.0		comp-sys-catman		.cat
 ./usr/share/man/cat9/fdalloc.0			comp-sys-catman		.cat
-./usr/share/man/cat9/fdavail.0			comp-sys-catman		.cat
+./usr/share/man/cat9/fdavail.0			comp-obsolete		obsolete
 ./usr/share/man/cat9/fdcheckstd.0		comp-sys-catman		.cat
 ./usr/share/man/cat9/fdclear.0			comp-sys-catman		.cat
 ./usr/share/man/cat9/fdclone.0			comp-sys-catman		.cat
@@ -9183,7 +9183,7 @@
 ./usr/share/man/man9/falloc.9			comp-sys-man		.man
 ./usr/share/man/man9/fd_getfile.9		comp-sys-man		.man
 ./usr/share/man/man9/fdalloc.9			comp-sys-man		.man
-./usr/share/man/man9/fdavail.9			comp-sys-man		.man
+./usr/share/man/man9/fdavail.9			comp-obsolete		obsolete
 ./usr/share/man/man9/fdcheckstd.9		comp-sys-man		.man
 ./usr/share/man/man9/fdclear.9			comp-sys-man		.man
 ./usr/share/man/man9/fdclone.9			comp-sys-man		.man
diff --git a/share/man/man9/Makefile b/share/man/man9/Makefile
index 7a833dd5a295..157bce319e7d 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man9/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#       $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.192 2006/02/24 12:47:18 pooka Exp $
+#       $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.193 2006/03/07 17:22:11 pooka Exp $
 
 #	Makefile for section 9 (kernel function and variable) manual pages.
 
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ MLINKS+=filedesc.9 falloc.9 \
 	filedesc.9 fd_getfile.9 \
 	filedesc.9 dupfdopen.9 \
 	filedesc.9 fdalloc.9 \
-	filedesc.9 fdavail.9 \
 	filedesc.9 fdcheckstd.9 \
 	filedesc.9 fdclear.9 \
 	filedesc.9 fdclone.9 \
diff --git a/share/man/man9/filedesc.9 b/share/man/man9/filedesc.9
index f7967d1e3f21..82d9bf9878f3 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/filedesc.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/filedesc.9
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $NetBSD: filedesc.9,v 1.11 2006/02/24 22:04:15 wiz Exp $
+.\"     $NetBSD: filedesc.9,v 1.12 2006/03/07 17:22:11 pooka Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2002, 2005, 2006 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd February 24, 2006
+.Dd March 7, 2006
 .Dt FILEDESC 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 .Nm falloc ,
 .Nm fd_getfile ,
 .Nm fdalloc ,
-.Nm fdavail ,
 .Nm fdcheckstd ,
 .Nm fdclear ,
 .Nm fdcloseexec ,
@@ -68,8 +67,6 @@
 .Ft int
 .Fn fdalloc "struct proc *p" "int want" "int *result"
 .Ft int
-.Fn fdavail "struct proc *p" "int n"
-.Ft int
 .Fn fdcheckstd "struct lwp *l"
 .Ft void
 .Fn fdclear "struct lwp *l"
@@ -194,12 +191,6 @@ The
 .Fn fdalloc
 function returns zero on success, otherwise an appropriate error is
 returned.
-.It Fn fdavail "p" "n"
-Check to see whether
-.Fa n
-file descriptors are available to process
-.Fa p .
-Returns zero on success, or 1 on failure.
 .It Fn fdcheckstd "l"
 Check the standard file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 and ensure they are
 referencing valid file descriptors.