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diff --git a/bin/ps/ps.1 b/bin/ps/ps.1
--- a/bin/ps/ps.1
+++ b/bin/ps/ps.1
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
.Fl x
options.
Except for options
-.Fl A , a , X ,
+.Fl X
and
.Fl x ,
as soon as one of them appears, it inhibits the default process selection, i.e.,
@@ -211,11 +211,6 @@
and
.Fl x
.Pc .
-Currently, this option has no effect if any other option selecting processes to
-display is present, except for
-.Fl X
-and
-.Fl x .
If the
.Va security.bsd.see_other_uids
sysctl is set to zero, this option is honored only if the real user ID of the
@@ -963,13 +958,13 @@
.Pc .
.Pp
However, options
-.Fl G , l , o , p ,
+.Fl A , a , G , l , o , p ,
and
.Fl t
behave as prescribed by
.St -p1003.1-2024 .
Options
-.Fl A , a , f , U ,
+.Fl f , U ,
and
.Fl w
currently do not, but may be changed to in the future.
@@ -1019,20 +1014,6 @@
For all these reasons, the behavior is expected to be changed soon to using the
effective user ID instead.
.Pp
-The
-.Fl a
-option has no effect if other options affecting the selection of processes are
-used, except for (non-)filters
-.Fl X
-and
-.Fl x.
-Option
-.Fl A
-has the same restriction.
-This idiosyncrasy is both in contradiction with
-.St -p1003.1-2024
-and arguably with common sense, and is expected to be removed soon.
-.Pp
.Nm ps
currently does not correctly limit the ouput width, and in most cases does not
limit it at all when it should.

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