Index: share/man/man5/hosts.5
===================================================================
--- share/man/man5/hosts.5	(revision 364110)
+++ share/man/man5/hosts.5	(working copy)
@@ -64,26 +64,23 @@
 .Xr ifconfig 8
 needs at boot time and a few machines on the local network.
 .Pp
-This file may be created from the official host
-data base maintained at the Network Information Control
-Center
+This file may be created from the database of names
+maintained by a Network Information Center
 .Pq Tn NIC ,
 though local changes may be required
 to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases
 and/or unknown hosts.
-As the data base maintained at
+As the database maintained at
 .Tn NIC
-is incomplete, use of the name server is recommended for
-sites on the
-.Tn DARPA
-Internet.
+may be incomplete, it is recommended to use a name server
+for sites on the Internet.
+.
 .Pp
-Network addresses are specified in the conventional
-``.'' (dot) notation using the
-.Xr inet_addr 3
-routine
-from the Internet address manipulation library,
-.Xr inet 3 .
+Network addresses are specified using either
+dot notation for IPv4 or colon hexadecimal notation for IPv6,
+using the
+.Xr inet_pton 3
+routine.
 Host names may contain any printable
 character other than a field delimiter, newline,
 or comment character.
Index: share/man/man5/resolver.5
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--- share/man/man5/resolver.5	(revision 364110)
+++ share/man/man5/resolver.5	(working copy)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 The different configuration options are:
 .Bl -tag -width nameserver
 .It Sy nameserver
-Internet address (in dot notation) of a name server
+IP address of a name server
 that the resolver should query.
 Up to
 .Dv MAXNS