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index 1f88665bc..3e68de244 100644
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ local hosts and domains.
(Related note:
.I trim
will not affect hostnames gathered via NIS or the
-.BR hosts (5)
+.MR hosts 5
file.
Care should be taken to
ensure that the first hostname for each entry in the hosts file is
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ If set to
the resolver library
will attempt to reorder host addresses so that local addresses
(i.e., on the same subnet) are listed first when a
-.BR gethostbyname (3)
+.MR gethostbyname 3
is performed.
Reordering is done for all lookup methods.
The default value is
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ can take arguments like
Line comments can appear anywhere and not only at the beginning of a line.
.SS Historical
The
-.BR nsswitch.conf (5)
+.MR nsswitch.conf 5
file is the modern way of controlling the order of host lookups.
.P
In glibc 2.4 and earlier, the following keyword is recognized:
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ command is parsed.
Valid values are
.IR off ", " nowarn ", and " warn .
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR gethostbyname (3),
-.BR hosts (5),
-.BR nsswitch.conf (5),
-.BR resolv.conf (5),
-.BR hostname (7),
-.BR named (8)
+.MR gethostbyname 3 ,
+.MR hosts 5 ,
+.MR nsswitch.conf 5 ,
+.MR resolv.conf 5 ,
+.MR hostname 7 ,
+.MR named 8