diff --git a/share/man/man9/Makefile b/share/man/man9/Makefile
index 5545025b858e..8c0fe46aee97 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man9/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-#       $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.2 1996/01/09 01:07:35 thorpej Exp $
+#       $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 1996/01/09 01:44:42 thorpej Exp $
 
 #	Makefile for section 9 (kernel function and variable) manual pages.
 
-MAN=	boot.9 disk.9 doshutdownhooks.9 inittodr.9 resettodr.9 \
+MAN=	boot.9 copy.9 disk.9 doshutdownhooks.9 inittodr.9 resettodr.9 \
 	shutdownhook_establish.9 time.9
 MLINKS+=shutdownhook_establish.9 shutdownhook_disestablish.9
 MLINKS+=time.9 boottime.9 time.9 mono_time.9 time.9 runtime.9
+MLINKS+=copy.9 copyin.9 copy.9 copyout.9 copy.9 copystr.9 \
+	copy.9 copyinstr.9 copy.9 copyoutstr.9
 MLINKS+=disk.9 disk_init.9 disk.9 disk_attach.9 disk.9 disk_detatch.9 \
 	disk.9 disk_busy.9 disk.9 disk_unbusy.9 disk.9 disk_find.9 \
 	disk.9 disk_resetstat.9
diff --git a/share/man/man9/copy.9 b/share/man/man9/copy.9
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02903b70051c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/man/man9/copy.9
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+.\"	$NetBSD: copy.9,v 1.1 1996/01/09 01:44:43 thorpej Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Jason R. Thorpe.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed by Kenneth Stailey.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\"	This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project
+.\"	by Jason R. Thorpe.
+.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+.\"    derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
+.\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
+.\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.Dd Jan 7, 1996
+.Dt COPY 9
+.Os NetBSD
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm copy
+.Nd kernel copy functions
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
+.Fd #include <sys/systm.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn copyin "void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len"
+.Ft int
+.Fn copyout "void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len"
+.Ft int
+.Fn copystr "void *kfaddr" "void *kdaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
+.Ft int
+.Fn copyinstr "void *uaddr" "void *kaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
+.Ft int
+.Fn copyoutstr "void *kaddr" "void *uaddr" "size_t len" "size_t *done"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The copy functions are designed to copy contiguous data from one address
+to another.  All but
+.Fn copystr
+copy data from user-space to kernel-space or vice-versa.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+routines provide the following functionality:
+.Bl -tag -width "copyoutstr()"
+.It Fn copyin
+Copies
+.Pa len
+bytes of data from the user-space address
+.Pa uaddr
+to the kernel-space address
+.Pa kaddr .
+.It Fn copyout
+Copies
+.Pa len
+bytes of data from the kernel-space address
+.Pa kaddr
+to the user-space address
+.Pa uaddr .
+.It Fn copystr
+Copies a NULL-terminated string, at most
+.Pa len
+bytes long, from kernel-space address
+.Pa kfaddr
+to kernel-space address
+.Pa kdaddr .
+The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
+NULL, is returned in
+.Pa *done .
+.It Fn copyinstr
+Copies a NULL-terminated string, at most
+.Pa len
+bytes long, from user-space address
+.Pa uaddr
+to kernel-space address
+.Pa kaddr .
+The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
+NULL, is returned in
+.Pa *done .
+.It Fn copyoutstr
+Copies a NULL-terminated string, at most
+bytes long, from kernel-space address
+.Pa kaddr
+to user-space address
+.Pa uaddr .
+The number of bytes actually copied, including the terminating
+NULL, is returned in
+.Pa *done .
+.El
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Nm
+functions return 0 on success or EFAULT if a bad address is encountered.