diff --git a/share/man/man5/tmpfs.5 b/share/man/man5/tmpfs.5 index 84b394da621..53d4c02b0ae 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/tmpfs.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/tmpfs.5 @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ tmpfs_load="YES" The .Nm driver implements an in-memory, or -.Tn tmpfs +.Nm file system. The filesystem stores both file metadata and data in main memory. This allows very fast and low latency accesses to the data. @@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ These properties make the filesystem's mounts suitable for fast scratch storage, like .Pa /tmp . .Pp -If the system becomes low on memory and swap is configured (see -.Xr swapon 8 ), +If the system becomes low on memory and swap is configured +.Po see +.Xr swapon 8 Pc , the system can transfer file data to swap space, freeing memory for other needs. Metadata, including the directory content, is never swapped out by the