diff --git a/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8 b/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8
index 3f016ae34629..2155a858aa78 100644
--- a/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8
+++ b/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: tftpd.8,v 1.8 1998/07/29 11:31:22 lukem Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: tftpd.8,v 1.9 1999/01/13 11:16:57 fair Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -53,15 +53,12 @@ Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol server
 .Nm
 is a server which supports the
 .Tn DARPA
-Trivial File Transfer
-Protocol.
+Trivial File Transfer Protocol.
 The
 .Tn TFTP
-server operates
-at the port indicated in the
+server operates at the port indicated in the
 .Ql tftp
-service description;
-see
+service description; see
 .Xr services 5 .
 The server is normally started by
 .Xr inetd 8 .
@@ -71,12 +68,13 @@ The use of
 does not require an account or password on the remote system.
 Due to the lack of authentication information,
 .Nm
-will allow only publicly readable files to be
-accessed.
-Files containing the string ``/\|\fB.\|.\fP\|/'' are not allowed.
-Files may be written only if they already exist and are publicly writable.
+will allow only publicly readable files to be accessed.
+Filenames beginning in ``\|\fB.\|.\fP\|/'' or
+containing ``/\|\fB.\|.\fP\|/'' are not allowed.
+Files may be written to only if they already exist and are publicly writable.
+.Pp
 Note that this extends the concept of
-.Dq public
+.Qq public
 to include
 all users on all hosts that can be reached through the network;
 this may not be appropriate on all systems, and its implications
@@ -117,7 +115,7 @@ to
 .Ar directory
 on startup.
 This is recommended for security reasons (so that files other than
-those in the 
+those in the
 .Pa /tftpboot
 directory aren't accessable).
 If the remote host passes the directory name as part of the
@@ -148,6 +146,12 @@ as well.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr tftp 1 ,
 .Xr inetd 8
+.Rs
+.%R RFC
+.%N 1350
+.%D July 1992
+.%T "The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2)"
+.Re
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
@@ -184,6 +188,6 @@ Because there is no user-login or validation within
 the
 .Tn TFTP
 protocol, the remote site will probably have some
-sort of file-access restrictions in place.  The
-exact methods are specific to each site and therefore
+sort of file-access restrictions in place.
+The exact methods are specific to each site and therefore
 difficult to document here.