--- sendmail-8.12.9/sendmail/newaliases.1.orig	Wed Oct 10 05:23:17 2001
+++ sendmail-8.12.9/sendmail/newaliases.1	Sat Jan 11 21:32:40 2014
@@ -17,6 +15,7 @@
 \- rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B newaliases
+
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Newaliases
 rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file
@@ -24,27 +23,61 @@
 in order for the change to take effect.
 .PP
 .B Newaliases
-is identical to ``sendmail -bi''.
-.PP
-The
-.B newaliases
-utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
-.PP
-Notice: do
+is identical to ``sendmail -bi'' and thus accepts all the flags that
+\fBsendmail\fR(8) accepts.
+However, most of these flags have no effect, except for the \fB-C\fR option and
+three of the \fBProcessing\fR \fBOptions\fR that can be set from a
+configuration file with the \fB-o\fR option:
+
+.TP
+\fB\fB-C\fR\fI /path/to/alt/config/file\fR\fR
+Use alternate configuration file.
+
+.TP
+\fB\fB-oA\fR\fIfile\fR\fR
+Specify possible alias files.
+
+.TP
+\fB\fB-oL\fR\fIn\fR\fR
+Set the default log level to \fIn\fR. Defaults to \fB9\fR.
+
+.TP
+\fB\fB-on\fR\fR
+Validate the \fBRHS\fR of aliases when rebuilding the \fBaliases\fR(5)
+database.
+ 
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+
+.TP
+\fB0\fR
+Successful completion.
+
+.TP
+\fB>0\fR
+An error occurred.
+
+.SH FILES
+
+.TP 2i
+\fB/etc/mail/aliases\fR
+The mail aliases file
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.LP
+\fBaliases\fR(5), \fBsendmail\fR(8)
+
+.SH NOTE
+.LP
+Do
 .B not
 use
 .B makemap
 to create the aliases data base, because
 .B newaliases
-puts a special token into the data base that is required by
-.B sendmail.
-.SH FILES
-.TP 2i
-/etc/mail/aliases
-The mail aliases file
-.SH SEE ALSO
-aliases(5), sendmail(8)
+puts a special token into the data base that is required by \fBsendmail\fR.
+
 .SH HISTORY
+.LP
 The
 .B newaliases
 command appeared in 4.0BSD.