1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1 b/src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1
index f9a75e1506..29f506945c 100644
--- a/src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1
+++ b/src/usr.bin/nc/nc.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $OpenBSD: nc.1,v 1.25 2003/08/08 10:13:33 jmc Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: nc.1,v 1.26 2003/09/05 16:54:07 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1996 David Sacerdote
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -129,6 +129,20 @@ Use UDP instead of the default option of TCP.
 Have
 .Nm
 give more verbose output.
+.It Fl w Ar timeout
+If a connection and stdin are idle for more than
+.Ar timeout
+seconds, then the connection is silently closed.
+The
+.Fl w
+flag has no effect on the
+.Fl l
+option, i.e.\&
+.Nm
+will listen forever for a connection, with or without the
+.Fl w
+flag.
+The default is no timeout.
 .It Fl x Ar proxy address Op :port
 Requests that
 .Nm