diff --git a/share/misc/style b/share/misc/style
index 367e6602a684..45fef7697c4e 100644
--- a/share/misc/style
+++ b/share/misc/style
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: style,v 1.70 2023/04/11 14:22:10 riastradh Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: style,v 1.71 2023/04/14 16:53:13 rillig Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * The revision control tag appears first, with a blank line after it.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 __COPYRIGHT("@(#) Copyright (c) 2008\
  The NetBSD Foundation, inc. All rights reserved.");
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: style,v 1.70 2023/04/11 14:22:10 riastradh Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: style,v 1.71 2023/04/14 16:53:13 rillig Exp $");
 
 /*
  * VERY important single-line comments look like this.
@@ -353,10 +353,10 @@ static char *
 function(int a1, int a2, float fl, int a4)
 {
 	/*
-	 * When declaring variables in functions declare them sorted by size,
-	 * then in alphabetical order; multiple ones per line are okay.
+	 * When declaring variables in functions, multiple variables per line
+	 * are okay. If a line overflows reuse the type keyword.
+	 *
 	 * Function prototypes should go in the include file "extern.h".
-	 * If a line overflows reuse the type keyword.
 	 *
 	 * Avoid initializing variables in the declarations; move
 	 * declarations next to their first use, and initialize