--- sendmail-8.12.9/mailstats/mailstats.8.orig	Fri Jun 28 00:47:29 2002
+++ sendmail-8.12.9/mailstats/mailstats.8	Sun Jan 12 04:38:26 2014
@@ -13,22 +13,24 @@
 mailstats
 \- display mail statistics
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B mailstats
-.RB [ \-c "] [" \-o "] [" \-p "] [" \-P ]
-.RB [ \-C 
-.IR cffile ]
-.RB [ \-f
-.IR stfile ]
+.LP
+.nf
+\fBmailstats\fR [\fB-c\fR] [\fB-o\fR] [\fB-p\fR] [\fB-P\fR] [\fB-C\fR \fIcffile\fR] [\fB-f\fR \fIstfile\fR]
+.fi
+
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .B mailstats
-utility displays the current mail statistics.
+utility displays the current mail statistics collected by the
+\fBsendmail\fR(8) program. However, if the \fBStatusFile\fR does not
+exist (see "Processing Options" in \fBsendmail\fR(8)), no statistics
+are collected and mailstats displays a corresponding error message.
+In this case simply touch the file (per default \fB/var/log/sendmail.st\fR)
+and make sure, that it is owned by the user \fBroot\fR.
+
 .PP
-First, the time at which statistics started being kept is displayed,
-in the format specified by 
-ctime(3).  
-Then, 
-the statistics for each mailer are displayed on a single line, 
+Mailstat displays the time at which statistics started being kept, first.
+Then, the statistics for each mailer are displayed on a single line, 
 each with the following white space separated fields:
 .sp
 .RS
@@ -69,10 +71,12 @@
 (``='') 
 characters.
 Another line preceded with a ``C'' lists the number of TCP connections.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
 .PP
 The options are as follows:
 .TP 
-.B \-C
+.BI "\-C" file
 Read the specified file instead of the default
 .B sendmail
 configuration file.
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@
 .B sendmail
 configuration file.
 .TP
-.B \-f
+.BI "\-f" file
 Read the specified statistics file instead of the statistics file
 specified in the
 .B sendmail 
@@ -96,23 +100,28 @@
 .TP
 .B \-o
 Don't display the name of the mailer in the output.
-.PP
-The
-.B mailstats
-utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+.TP
+\fB0\fR
+Successful completion.
+.TP
+\fB>0\fR
+An error occurred.
+
 .SH FILES
 .PD 0.2v
 .TP 2.5i
-/etc/mail/sendmail.cf
+\fB/etc/mail/sendmail.cf\fR
 The default
 .B sendmail
 configuration file.
 .TP
-/etc/mail/statistics
+\fB/var/log/sendmail.st\fR
 The default
 .B sendmail
 statistics file.
 .PD
 .SH SEE ALSO
-mailq(1), 
-sendmail(8)
+.LP
+\fBsendmail\fR(8)