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diff --git a/share/man/man4/capsicum.4 b/share/man/man4/capsicum.4
--- a/share/man/man4/capsicum.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/capsicum.4
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd May 18, 2017
+.Dd April 19, 2022
.Dt CAPSICUM 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
.Nm
is a lightweight OS capability and sandbox framework implementing a hybrid
capability system model.
+Capabilities are unforgeable tokens of authority that can be delegated and must
+be presented to perform an action.
+.Nm
+makes file descriptors into capabilities.
+.Pp
.Nm
can be used for application and library compartmentalisation, the
decomposition of larger bodies of software into isolated (sandboxed)
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