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	diff --git a/share/man/man4/hwpmc.4 b/share/man/man4/hwpmc.4
	--- a/share/man/man4/hwpmc.4
	+++ b/share/man/man4/hwpmc.4
	@@ -473,28 +473,6 @@
	driver will reject allocation requests for process-private PMCs that
	request counting of hardware events that cannot be counted separately
	for each logical CPU.
	-.Ss Intel Pentium-Pro Handling
	-Writing a value to the PMC MSRs found in Intel Pentium-Pro style PMCs
	-(found in
	-.Tn "Intel Pentium Pro" ,
	-.Tn "Pentium II" ,
	-.Tn "Pentium III" ,
	-.Tn "Pentium M"
	-and
	-.Tn "Celeron"
	-processors) will replicate bit 31 of the
	-value being written into the upper 8 bits of the MSR,
	-bringing down the usable width of these PMCs to 31 bits.
	-For process-virtual PMCs, the
	-.Nm
	-driver implements a workaround in software and makes the corrected 64
	-bit count available via the
	-.Dv PMC_OP_RW
	-operation.
	-Processes that intend to use RDPMC instructions directly or
	-that intend to write values larger than 2^31 into these PMCs with
	-.Dv PMC_OP_RW
	-need to be aware of this hardware limitation.
	.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
	.Bl -diag
	.It "hwpmc: [class/npmc/capabilities]..."