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diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8
index bac35b091d..37b3b625e7 100644
--- a/udev.8
+++ b/udev.8
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ On device removal,
.B udev
queries the internal database for the name of the device file to be deleted.
.SH "CONFIGURATION"
-All udev configuration files consist of a set of lines of text. All empty
+All
+.B udev
+configuration files consist of a set of lines of text. All empty
lines, and lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored.
.P
@@ -96,11 +98,9 @@ device. If no matching configuration is found, the default kernel device name
is used.
.P
The line format is:
-.RS
.sp
.I method, key,[key,...] name
.sp
-.RE
where valid methods with corresponding keys are:
.TP
.B CALLOUT
@@ -130,22 +130,13 @@ string replacement of the kernel device name
key: \fBKERNEL_NAME\fP
.P
The methods are applied in the following order:
-.B CALLOUT
-,
-.B LABEL
-,
-.B NUMBER
-,
-.B TOPOLOGY
-,
-.B REPLACE
+.BR CALLOUT ", " LABEL ", " NUMBER ", " TOPOLOGY ", " REPLACE "."
.P
The
.B NAME
and
.B PROGRAM
-fields support simple printf-like string subtitution:
-.RS
+fields support simple printf-like string substitution:
.TP
.B %n
the "kernel number" of the device
@@ -168,7 +159,6 @@ the CALLOUT program returned string
Use the devfs style disk name for this device.
For partitions, this will result in 'part%n'
If this is not a partition, it will result in 'disk'
-.RE
.P
A sample \fIudev.rules\fP might look like this:
.sp
@@ -202,7 +192,7 @@ file.
.br
Every line lists a device name followed by owner, group and permission
mode. All values are separated by colons. The name field may contain a
-wildcard to apply the values to a whole class of devices.
+pattern to apply the values to a whole class of devices.
.br
If
.B udev
@@ -221,9 +211,7 @@ dsp1:::0666
.fi
.P
A number of different fields in the above configuration files support a simple
-form of wildcard matching. This form is based on the fnmatch(3) style, and
-supports the following fields:
-.RS
+form of shell style pattern matching. It supports the following pattern characters:
.TP
.B *
Matches zero, one, or more characters.
@@ -235,8 +223,8 @@ Matches any single character, but does not match zero characters.
Matches any single character specified within the brackets. For example, the
pattern string "tty[SR]" would match either "ttyS" or "ttyR". Ranges are also
supported within this match with the '-' character. For example, to match on
-the range of all digits, the pattern [0-9] would be used.
-.RE
+the range of all digits, the pattern [0-9] would be used. If the first character
+following the '[' is a '!' then any character not enclosed is matched.
.SH "FILES"
.nf
.ft B