diff --git a/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8 b/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8
index e389d08f0d93..f54e70e49547 100644
--- a/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8
+++ b/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: dmesg.8,v 1.15 2004/04/30 13:34:48 briggs Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: dmesg.8,v 1.16 2004/04/30 16:11:03 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)dmesg.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
 .\"
-.Dd June 5, 1993
+.Dd April 30, 2004
 .Dt DMESG 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ If the buffer has been filled, the first line of the
 output may not be complete.
 The size of the message buffer is configurable at compile-time on
 most systems with the
-.Em MSGBUFSIZE
+.Dv MSGBUFSIZE
 kernel option.
 Look for
-.Em MSGBUFSIZE
+.Dv MSGBUFSIZE
 in
 .Xr options 4
 for details.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ for details.
 copy of dmesg at the time of last boot.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr options 4
+.Xr options 4 ,
 .Xr syslogd 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The