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diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index d02d02d..359403d 100644
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.48 1999/09/30 19:58:21 masputra Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.51 1999/12/23 01:29:11 paulus Exp $
 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph
@@ -93,17 +93,6 @@ but will be unable to request the modem stop sending to the
 computer. This mode retains the ability to use DTR as
 a modem control line.
 .TP
-.B cdtrcts
-Use a non-standard hardware flow control (i.e. DTR/CTS) to control
-the flow of data on the serial port.  If neither the \fIcrtscts\fR,
-the \fInocrtscts\fR, the \fIcdtrcts\fR nor the \fInocdtrcts\fR
-option is given, the hardware flow control setting for the serial
-port is left unchanged.
-Some serial ports (such as Macintosh serial ports) lack a true
-RTS output. Such serial ports use this mode to implement true
-bi-directional flow control. The sacrifice is that this flow
-control mode does not permit using DTR as a modem control line.
-.TP
 .B defaultroute
 Add a default route to the system routing tables, using the peer as
 the gateway, when IPCP negotiation is successfully completed.
@@ -223,6 +212,17 @@ Alternatively, a value of 0 for \fInr\fR or \fInt\fR disables
 compression in the corresponding direction.  Use \fInobsdcomp\fR or
 \fIbsdcomp 0\fR to disable BSD-Compress compression entirely.
 .TP
+.B cdtrcts
+Use a non-standard hardware flow control (i.e. DTR/CTS) to control
+the flow of data on the serial port.  If neither the \fIcrtscts\fR,
+the \fInocrtscts\fR, the \fIcdtrcts\fR nor the \fInocdtrcts\fR
+option is given, the hardware flow control setting for the serial
+port is left unchanged.
+Some serial ports (such as Macintosh serial ports) lack a true
+RTS output. Such serial ports use this mode to implement true
+bi-directional flow control. The sacrifice is that this flow
+control mode does not permit using DTR as a modem control line.
+.TP
 .B chap-interval \fIn
 If this option is given, pppd will rechallenge the peer every \fIn\fR
 seconds.
@@ -235,6 +235,14 @@ Set the maximum number of CHAP challenge transmissions to \fIn\fR
 Set the CHAP restart interval (retransmission timeout for challenges)
 to \fIn\fR seconds (default 3).
 .TP
+.B connect-delay \fIn
+Wait for up \fIn\fR milliseconds after the connect script finishes for
+a valid PPP packet from the peer.  At the end of this time, or when a
+valid PPP packet is received from the peer, pppd will commence
+negotiation by sending its first LCP packet.  The default value is
+1000 (1 second).  This wait period only applies if the \fBconnect\fR
+or \fBpty\fR option is used.
+.TP
 .B debug
 Enables connection debugging facilities.
 If this option is given, pppd will log the contents of all
@@ -292,7 +300,7 @@ to the peer.  This option is privileged.
 .TP
 .B hide-password
 When logging the contents of PAP packets, this option causes pppd to
-exclude the password string from the log.
+exclude the password string from the log.  This is the default.
 .TP
 .B holdoff \fIn
 Specifies how many seconds to wait before re-initiating the link after
@@ -735,7 +743,9 @@ rather than a specific terminal device.  Pppd will allocate itself a
 pseudo-tty master/slave pair and use the slave as its terminal
 device.  The \fIscript\fR will be run in a child process with the
 pseudo-tty master as its standard input and output.  An explicit
-device name may not be given if this option is used.
+device name may not be given if this option is used.  (Note: if the
+\fIrecord\fR option is used in conjuction with the \fIpty\fR option,
+the child process will have pipes on its standard input and output.)
 .TP
 .B receive-all
 With this option, pppd will accept all control characters from the
@@ -773,6 +783,10 @@ Handshake Authentication Protocol] authentication.
 Require the peer to authenticate itself using PAP [Password
 Authentication Protocol] authentication.
 .TP
+.B show-password
+When logging the contents of PAP packets, this option causes pppd to
+show the password string in the log message.
+.TP
 .B silent
 With this option, pppd will not transmit LCP packets to initiate a
 connection until a valid LCP packet is received from the peer (as for
@@ -799,7 +813,9 @@ the \fIname\fR option).  This option is not normally needed since the
 .B usepeerdns
 Ask the peer for up to 2 DNS server addresses.  The addresses supplied
 by the peer (if any) are passed to the /etc/ppp/ip-up script in the
-environment variables DNS1 and DNS2.
+environment variables DNS1 and DNS2.  In addition, pppd will create an
+/etc/ppp/resolv.conf file containing one or two nameserver lines with
+the address(es) supplied by the peer.
 .TP
 .B user \fIname
 Sets the name used for authenticating the local system to the peer to