--- src/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.conf.5	2004/06/21 17:47:12	1.1
+++ src/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.conf.5	2007/12/28 16:37:10	1.2
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.conf.5,v 1.4 2004/06/13 18:03:39 ru Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.conf.5,v 1.6 2007/04/12 08:39:13 ceri Exp $
 .\" $DragonFly$
 .\"
-.Dd March 30, 2004
+.Dd April 12, 2007
 .Dt ADDUSER.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@
 .Xr adduser 8
 configuration file
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+The 
+.Pa /etc/adduser.conf
+file is automatically generated by the
+.Xr adduser 8
+utility when invoked with the
+.Fl C
+command-line option.
+It is not meant to be edited by hand.
+.Pp
 The
 .Pa /etc/adduser.conf
 file is used to pre-set certain configuration options for
@@ -162,7 +171,7 @@ option.
 .It Va ugecos
 The default information to be held in the GECOS field of
 .Pa /etc/master.passwd .
-.It Va uuid
+.It Va uidstart
 The default user ID setting.
 This must be a number above 1000 and fewer than 65534.
 .El
@@ -200,6 +209,14 @@ The
 .Nm
 manual page first appeared in
 .Fx 5.3 .
+.Sh BUGS
+The internal variables documented here may change without notice.
+Do not rely on them.
+To modify this file invoke
+.Xr adduser 8
+with the
+.Fl C
+option instead.
 .Sh AUTHORS
 This manual page was written by
 .An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org .