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)