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diff -up ntp-4.2.6p5/ntpstat-0.2/ntpstat.1.manual ntp-4.2.6p5/ntpstat-0.2/ntpstat.1
--- ntp-4.2.6p5/ntpstat-0.2/ntpstat.1.manual	2002-06-10 08:02:12.000000000 +0200
+++ ntp-4.2.6p5/ntpstat-0.2/ntpstat.1	2015-12-04 17:28:23.379793604 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH ntpstat 1 "$Date: 2001/06/22 03:27:10 $"
+.TH ntpstat 1
 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
 ntpstat \- show network time synchronisation status
@@ -6,12 +6,18 @@ ntpstat \- show network time synchronisa
 .B ntpstat
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I ntpstat
-will report the synchronisation state of the NTP daemon
+will report the synchronisation state of the NTP daemon (ntpd)
 running on the local machine.  If the local system is found to be 
 synchronised to a reference time source,  
 .I ntpstat
 will report the approximate time accuracy.
 
+When the synchronised state is reported, it means the system clock was updated
+at some point.  There is no timeout for this state.  It will stay there even
+when the source becomes unreachable and there are no other sources available.
+However, the reported accuracy will be slowly increasing, in the default ntpd
+configuration by 15 microseconds per second.
+
 .SH RETURNS
 .I ntpstat
 returns 0 if clock is synchronised.
@@ -22,7 +28,10 @@ returns 2 if clock state is indeterminan
 if ntpd is not contactable.
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
-ntpdc, ntpdq
+.BR ntp_misc (5),
+.BR ntpd (8),
+.BR ntpq (8),
+.BR ntpdc (8)
 
 .SH AUTHOR
 G. Richard Keech (rkeech@redhat.com)