diff --git a/share/man/man4/filemon.4 b/share/man/man4/filemon.4
index 0d62506271ec..f6a3d6782598 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/filemon.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/filemon.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: filemon.4,v 1.4 2011/04/04 07:17:08 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: filemon.4,v 1.5 2011/09/26 19:02:39 sjg Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2011, Juniper Networks, Inc.
 .\"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ looks like:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 # filemon version 2
 # Target pid 7437
-V 2
+V 4
 E 21848 /bin/cat
 R 21848 /lib/libc.so.12
 R 21848 /etc/motd
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ is two pathnames.
 is two pathnames.
 .It Dv R
 .Xr open 2
-read-only.
+for read or read-write.
 .It Dv W
 .Xr open 2
 for writing or read-write.