diff --git a/share/man/man8/Makefile b/share/man/man8/Makefile
index d9d86270d69f..968a737252a0 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man8/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.47 2001/06/13 15:05:38 simonb Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.48 2001/06/27 16:41:00 eeh Exp $
 #	@(#)Makefile	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
 
 MAN=	compat_freebsd.8 compat_ibcs2.8 compat_linux.8 compat_netbsd32.8 \
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ MAN=	compat_freebsd.8 compat_ibcs2.8 compat_linux.8 compat_netbsd32.8 \
 	compat_ultrix.8 diskless.8 genassym.sh.8 intro.8 rc.8 sticky.8 yp.8
 MLINKS+=compat_svr4.8 compat_sco.8
 MLINKS+=compat_svr4.8 compat_solaris.8
+MLINKS+=compat_svr4.8 compat_svr4_32.8
 MLINKS+=compat_svr4.8 compat_xenix.8
 MLINKS+=compat_pecoff.8 compat_win32.8
 MLINKS+=compat_pecoff.8 peace.8
diff --git a/share/man/man8/compat_svr4.8 b/share/man/man8/compat_svr4.8
index 8f68da3738b9..fdf9e6cf1b68 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/compat_svr4.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/compat_svr4.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: compat_svr4.8,v 1.17 2001/05/16 14:27:58 christos Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: compat_svr4.8,v 1.18 2001/06/27 16:41:00 eeh Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1996 Christos Zoulas
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm compat_svr4
 .Nd setup procedure for running SVR4/iBCS2 binaries
+.Nm compat_svr4_32
+.Nd setup procedure for running 32-bit SVR4/iBCS2 binaries
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nx
 supports running SVR4/iBCS2 binaries. This code has been tested on
@@ -77,6 +79,27 @@ and/or
 .Dv EXEC_ELF64
 (for 64-bit ELF support).
 .Pp
+Another compatibility feature is 
+.Dv COMPAT_SVR4_32,
+which allows the execution of 32-bit SVR4 binaries on a machine
+with a 64-bit kernel. This requires
+.Dv EXEC_ELF32
+and
+.Dv COMPAT_NETBSD32
+options as well as
+.Dv COMPAT_SVR4.
+It is configured the same way as 
+.Dv COMPAT_SVR4
+but uses the /emul/svr4_32 directory instead of /emul/svr4.  But
+typically, /emul/svr4_32 can be made to point to /emul/svr4 if the
+operating system donating the libraries has support for both 32-bit 
+and 64-bit binaries.
+.Pp
+Execution of 32-bit SVR4 binaries on a machine with a 32-bit kernel uses
+.Dv COMPAT_SVR4,
+not
+.Dv COMPAT_SVR4_32.
+.Pp
 Most SVR4 programs are dynamically linked. This means that you will
 also need the shared libraries that the program depends on and the
 runtime linker. Also, you will need to create a "shadow root"