diff --git a/bin/cat/cat.1 b/bin/cat/cat.1
index df7d2e199ea..f09096d14ca 100644
--- a/bin/cat/cat.1
+++ b/bin/cat/cat.1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)cat.1	8.3 (Berkeley) 5/2/95
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 2, 1995
+.Dd September 15, 2001
 .Dt CAT 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -58,12 +58,19 @@ is a single dash
 .Pq Sq \&-
 or absent,
 .Nm
-reads from the standard input.  If
+reads from the standard input.
+If
 .Ar file
-is a unix domain socket,
+is a
+.Ux
+domain socket,
 .Nm
-connects to it and then reads it until EOF.  This complements the unix-domain
-binding capability available in inetd.
+connects to it and then reads it until
+.Dv EOF .
+This complements the
+.Ux
+domain binding capability available in
+.Xr inetd 8 .
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width indent